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Saint No.40 by ~Doc-Hammer:iconDoc-Hammer:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Portraits

©2005-2009 ~Doc-Hammer
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Oil on Canvas. 14"x18"

This one and Saint No.39 [link] shows how close a study can be to a final.

I usually do a small (11"x14") study of a sitter to dick around with tones and the basic shape of these sitters head. A kinda bullshit "get-to-know-ya", where I pass the painting an orange that I have tucked under my metaphorical chin.

Because I work up these little studies to a final, and consider them paintings as valid and complete as the paintings that follow them - it's not really fair to call them studies. But I do... Because who really cares what I call them.

In the case of 39 to 40, I really liked what was going on in the little one , and thought I just needed to push away from the dead-on likeness of the sitter and bring out the crazy innocence that could not be seen in her, but felt. The room was thick with it. It was also important to me to give the sitter a bit more dark space in the second work, as to bring out some more intimacy.

Please remember: This is not case of repairing a failed painting by redoing it. It is only being inspired to tweak some "difference", and enjoy ripping myself off. I love/loathe them equally and I would appreciate if you tried to do the same. (I am trying to nicely advise you to not tell me your favorite... Don't pit me against me.)

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~quiksilversurfer Apr 8, 2005, 6:10:21 PM
amazing......... the soft light and shadows...... well done.

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We were aiming at the moon, we were shooting at the stars;
But the kids were just shooting at the buses and the cars……

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~hotelcalifornia Apr 8, 2005, 6:12:58 PM
it's incredible ^^ you can almost feel her skin, and the sparkles in her eyes... really great! The neck is really great also.
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*Medox Apr 8, 2005, 6:36:43 PM
I like this one only slightly better than no. 39, and I think it is because of the curiousity/innocence that emanates from her face here. They are both luscious and intriguing pieces, and being able to see two versions of the same subject is fascinating. Wow.

Thank you.
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*tadc Apr 8, 2005, 6:37:02 PM
Yes! Much more innocent, the saint ring and naive tilted shoulders help... I think thats the best thing about live models, you can somehow incorporate what you feel from the person at will. I enjoy the expressions you bring out from these people... just curious, what do you tell them to get them to pose so? :stereo:
P.S. I feel they are both very equal, such different approaches and feelings they give, I was suprised there was such a varience. :wow:
P.P.S. the orange analogy was tasty. I had to play that game once..... bad experience.

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~PyriteBailey Apr 8, 2005, 6:41:35 PM
Instant favorite. As I mentioned before, the model is certainly my favorite of those you've painted and that is in a great part due to that innocence. I think you captured that delicate nature and childlike innocence perfectly.
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~Soubriquet Apr 8, 2005, 6:48:56 PM
She looks very sweet and seraphic, with a subtle sadness (the alliteration was purely coincidental, I assure you). As always the eyes are perfect and the skin tones are dead on.
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*Xlade Apr 8, 2005, 7:04:28 PM
...she looks like she could be related to Mark Hamil. However you spell his last name. It's the expression on her face, the wide eyed, stare, that seems like it _is_ focused on something, but it's not something the rest of us can see. She's in touch with the Force, isn't she?

Ahem. Yes. Beautiful job here. Both 39 and 40 are great, but I favor this one....I think. The pose, the angle, her face....yesh.

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No artist is normal; if he were, he wouldn't be an artist. Normal men don't create works of art. They eat, sleep, hold down routine jobs and die. You are hypersensitive to life and nature;that's why you are able to interpret the rest of us.

Irving Ston
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`athenatt Apr 8, 2005, 7:26:41 PM
I enjoy this but prefered #39; probably due to the warmth, the placement of the eyes, the closed mouth; the ambient light was less dark, too. Eyes were brighter, a lighter color in 39, and they were alive and had more of a fearful, expectant, haunted look. Here, the eyes have a glossy, unfocused look as if she's about to die. The lips are parted as in a last gasp. I guess that's actually good since she's a saint; aren't most of them martyred? ^__~ I do like that she's sitting up a bit more, less hunched than 39. But the warmth of 39 has turned cold here. 39 must be the expectation that she's in the last minutes before death, 40 shows us she has indeed been struck in the back with the knife, has stiffened her spine and now her face and the mood reflect the last seconds of life. Both paintings are exquisite and stunning, and I enjoyed pouring over the details and differences of them both. Excellent work.

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~Elphrunum Apr 8, 2005, 8:00:08 PM
I bow to your painting technique... I really enjoyed looking at this... you have all my respect... (added to my favs)

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"I don't know what more to ask for, I was given just one wish" - Royksopp (What Else Is There?)
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~BourgeoisBuffoon Apr 8, 2005, 8:18:24 PM
Another good job. I'm impressed by how you did some subtle difference in the emotion. Kudos!
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