Master studies

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

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While the focus was still on shapes, working with full range Color wheel I got a little overboard with them. Original artwork has that harmony with Color being close together. Will try a limited palette next time. Working with so many shapes I also made the values bit even, like highlights on hair and clothes will get darker in certain regions. But, finding the shapes of JC Leyendecker very appealing and simplified. It’s The way he pieced all of shapes in cloth and hair especially. Other…