Hello hivers, an happy Friday to you all!
Another rainy (and not so warm) day here and I'm pretty sure we will have a cloudy and rainy weekend.
My furry friends are sleeping hard on their blankets close to the sofa, while outside everything looks so dark and it seems to be in the autumn instead of in springtime.
Yesterday, in the afternoon, while my hubby was teaching art to the students, I decided to exercise my hand with a simple pencil and I drew a man portrait from a detail in a pic of the photographer Diane Arbus (I talked to you about her many times because I love her photos). After I finished that exercise, I thought to paint a similar man in my own illustrative style and so this morning I worked on it. I just finished to paint that piece and so now I can show you the final result:
As you can see, this is not one of my usual subjects, but for me it was very interesting to work on it.
It's an oil colors painting on 200 gsm paper in A3 size and, as usual, I took some pics while I was working it so you can see the process too.
At first, you can see my exercise in realistic style in the following pic:
After I worked on a painting (in my own illustrative style) inspired by that exercise:
Soon I'll add this new artwork to my Artfinder shop (link at the bottom), hoping it will find a new home!
I hope you like it!
See ya soon and stay safe,
Silvia
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