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Hello Fellow Painters
so glad to be here. I'm a Realist at heart stuck in a caricature artist job. Here is a sample of a dog painted in Acrylic from a few years ago, self taught. My dream is to make a living as a full time oil portrait artist. Lover of Sargent, and found Marc. Purchased the portrait painting video and looking to learn more and share my studies along the way.
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That is a masterful work with acrylic paint. Beautifully done values and textures.
If this is the result of you being self taught then you have a lot to teach others.
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Denis
Dencal, I am happy to share what I know with others, and feel there is still much room for improvement. Happy to learn what I can from Mark. I really think he has a very smart process. Just the studio set up and economy of palette and brushes alone can save me a lot of wasted time and effort. Some things I never knew that would be useful in taking this course. After all our time is irreplaceable.
The way I painted this and other pet portraits in this series is this:
I just see all parts of my subject as an abstract shape, color, value. I just paint exactly what I see without thinking of WHAT it is. And then keep readjusting till I get there.
What I can learn from Mark is how not to do so much readjusting. Also I like his thoughts on not putting in every detail and over rendering. I've done some paintings like that too, but these pet painting series do illustrate every detail, so I feel they fall short of the master mark of what makes good realism. Here to learn.