tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48608678233239993492024-02-21T02:24:35.960-07:00Anna WakitschartistAnna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-56505527945914981402019-03-03T08:20:00.001-07:002019-03-03T08:20:30.263-07:00New Video: Making a Miniature Paper Room for Painting Reference<div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="emf04" data-offset-key="750vq-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 45, 73); color: #052d49; font-family: America, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-81546224679879931782019-02-24T12:35:00.001-07:002019-02-24T12:35:28.543-07:00Save Leftover Oil Paint with Clove Oil!<div style="text-align: center;">
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In this episode, I'm planning the addition of color to my currently monochrome painting "Withdrawing Room I". I'll be using a coffee cup as my color inspiration for the walls in the painting, and attempting to match the cup with oil paint.</div>
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-84896591681480958532019-02-10T11:31:00.000-07:002019-02-10T11:31:34.396-07:00New Video (Painting in a Hemisphere) and Teaching Platform!I've just started posting a new series of videos! Mini studio vlogs will be available on my Youtube channel, and longer videos on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/annawakitsch" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, which I'll be using as a teaching platform and to share my process in depth: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/annawakitsch" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/annawakitsch</a><br />
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In this video, I'm working on an oil painting inside a hemisphere and adding an 18th-century dress (from a digital life study I did at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on my iPad). This stage is a "grisaille" underpainting with neutral gray mixtures of oil paint. </div>
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Recently I made a visit to New York City, determined to do more sketching than snapping photos on my phone. I don't usually sketch that often, partly out of fear of doing an embarrassingly bad sketch.<br />
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However, a few weeks before I left, I was really inspired by <a href="http://www.suggesteddonationpodcast.com/blog/2014/10/27/episode-10-steven-assael" target="_blank">an episode of the Suggested Donation podcast featuring artist Steven Assael</a>. He encouraged artists to always carry a sketchbook, because <i>even a bad drawing</i> is a valuable experience that gets into your brain.<br />
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What he said reminded me of when I was with <a href="http://www.theryderstudio.com/" target="_blank">The Ryder Studio</a> in Holland and Tony encouraged us to sketch at the museums, to go through the process of downloading all that aesthetic information.<br />
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First, I searched for a toned paper sketchbook, and found one I liked (Strathmore Art Journal, 400 Series Toned Gray 80 lb. sketch paper, 112 pages, 5.5" x 8"), but it didn't have an elastic closure like I'm used to. So I added one of my own by stapling an adjustable elastic headband to the back cover. I added a ribbon bookmark too, threading the other end through the spine and tying it to the elastic. I already loved the soft feel of the cover and the warm gray paper with subtle fibers creating visual texture, and my own customization made me even more eager to use it on my trip!<br />
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The first night, I looked out the window of where I was staying, and saw the beautiful, sparkling skyline. I took a bunch of grainy camera phone photos, and then as I was getting ready for bed, I realized, "Oh no!! I should have sketched it instead!" So the next morning I got up at dawn and drew the skyline-- the first image in this post.<br />
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At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, there was an amazing costume exhibit, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2014/death-becomes-her" target="_blank">Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire</a>. I went through the exhibit, then picked a dress to sketch from.<br />
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One of my reasons for making the trip was that I'm looking at graduate schools and MFA programs, and one of the schools I wanted to visit was the <a href="http://nyaa.edu/nyaa/index.html" target="_blank">New York Academy of Art</a>. It was great to see the school and meet up with a good friend there, <a href="http://studioschmidtonline.com/" target="_blank">Abigail Schmidt</a>. While I was there, I was actually able to sit in on a drawing class with the very same Steven Assael who had inspired my determination to sketch more! He encouraged the class to work from memory and imagination, as well as observation. I did a tiny drawing from the model in my sketchbook.<br />
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I went to the Frick Collection to visit their three Vermeers. I picked my favorite of the three to sketch.<br />
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The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology had an exhibit of <a href="http://www.fitnyc.edu/22418.asp" target="_blank">Dance & Fashion</a>. Again, I went through the exhibit, took some notes, and then picked a costume to draw. <br />
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Back at the Met, I met up with <a href="http://kristygordon.com/" target="_blank">Kristy Gordon</a> to sketch together! We did some thumbnail sketches and then also spent a little longer on a few things.<br />
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Also at the Met, I drew from a sculpture of Leda and the Swan, and did really quick scribbly sketches of some furniture.<br />
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It was an amazing trip, and it really enriched my experience to set aside my self-consciousness and take the time to sketch!<br />
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-14785851232476894242014-12-12T16:13:00.000-07:002014-12-12T16:16:28.916-07:00Teaching at Vitruvian Fine Art Studio in Chicago!I'm excited to be teaching two Sunday classes at Vitruvian Fine Art Studio in Chicago starting in January: Block-in Bootcamp and Portrait Painting. <br />
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-83083702884010897962014-03-24T15:45:00.000-06:002014-03-24T15:45:29.013-06:00Studio Spring Cleaning Sale<div align="center" style="text-align: -webkit-center;">
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Studio Spring Cleaning!</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">This spring I'm clearing out my studio of older sketches and studies, as well as trying to raise some funds for supplies and expenses to be able to continue with new work. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">So far in</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"> <strong>Phase 1</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">of spring cleaning, I have gone through one of my 18" x 24" drawing pads from early 2006 classes with Tony Ryder. Please visit my </span><a href="http://annawakitsch.com/spring%20studio%20sale%202014.htm" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank">web store</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> to browse through what I discovered and see if you find any portrait or figure drawings you'd like!</span></div>
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-45743287850871369652014-03-14T10:47:00.000-06:002014-03-14T10:47:49.120-06:00In Progress: Miniature pendant after da VinciIt has a little ways to go yet, but I thought I'd share this in-progress photo of a new miniature pendant painting I'm working on. It's a 1.5" diameter hand-painted study of the angel from Leonardo da Vinci's painting <i>Virgin of the Rocks</i> (National Gallery, London). The completed study will be more developed and detailed, and then set into the pendant frame to display or wear as a necklace. You can pre-order here: <a href="http://thepearlpaintbrush.etsy.com/">ThePearlPaintbrush.etsy.com</a>.<br />
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<br />Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-18664574143071920362014-03-07T12:03:00.000-07:002014-03-07T12:03:50.206-07:00New Painting: The Glass Corner<br />
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Many thanks to my beautiful mom for posing!<div>
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-15095633738626216072013-11-19T13:02:00.000-07:002013-11-19T13:02:34.438-07:00Etsy Shop VacationI will be accepting orders in my Etsy shop through November 25, after which I will be unable to ship items until mid-December.<br />
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Please visit <a href="http://thepearlpaintbrush.etsy.com/">ThePearlPaintbrush.Etsy.com</a> to see what is currently available.<br />
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<br />Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-18241343776215217532013-11-14T14:20:00.000-07:002013-11-14T14:20:19.708-07:00Trompe L'oeil Sapphire and Pearl Jewelry<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;">New in my Etsy shop: necklace and earrings, each set with a 1/2" diameter painting of a sapphire surrounded by pearls.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/169278643/trompe-loeil-sapphire-and-pearl-earrings">https://www.etsy.com/listing/169278643/trompe-loeil-sapphire-and-pearl-earrings</a><br />
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-4605152818500608052013-11-08T14:00:00.000-07:002013-11-08T14:00:11.412-07:00Details from Parameters painting<span style="font-family: inherit;">Enlarged details from my 9" x 7" oil painting, Parameters;<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"> currently in Nashville at</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"> </span><a href="http://haynesgalleries.com/hgSite/pages/artistPage/annaWakitsch/artist-annaWakitsch-works.html" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Haynes Galleries</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"> for their small works show.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">See the entire composition in my previous post:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of satin skirt from 9" x 7" oil painting <i>Parameters</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figure detail from 9" x 7" oil painting <i>Parameters</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Parameters</i>, 9" x 7", oil on linen</td></tr>
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My recently completed painting <i>Parameters</i> is currently in Nashville at<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> </span><a href="http://haynesgalleries.com/hgSite/pages/artistPage/annaWakitsch/artist-annaWakitsch-works.html" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6600; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;" target="_blank">Haynes Galleries</a> for their small works show. Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-46561700440369030942013-09-12T09:31:00.001-06:002017-11-07T16:44:18.377-07:00Final Stage of Tessa Portrait: Form Painting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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fourth in a series of blog posts detailing the process for a portrait of Tessa that I painted from life at <a href="http://www.theryderstudio.com/" target="_blank">The Ryder Studio</a> earlier this year.
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<b>1.</b> <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/04/painting-process-for-tessa-portrait.html" target="_blank"><b>Overview</b> </a><br />
<b>2. <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html" target="_blank">First stages: Thumbnail Sketch, Poster Study, Preparatory Drawing</a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/intermediate-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html" target="_blank">Intermediate
stages: Stencil, Brush Drawing, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Color</st1:city>
<st1:state w:st="on">Wash</st1:state></st1:place></a></b><a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/intermediate-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html" target="_blank"> </a></span><br />
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than the color wash. Beginning with the
darker areas and working toward the light, I complete one area at a time.
Paint is specifically mixed in progressions that turn each small form
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When form painting, I try to use the paint fairly opaquely
and add just a touch of medium if the mixture feels stiff. I mix on my palette with my brush, usually
beginning with the darkest tone that I’ll need for the area I’m working
on. I place it on the canvas and make
adjustments if necessary. Then I mix the
next lightest step in the progression next to and touching the first. I place that on the canvas and make any
adjustments, then continue on in the same way until I reach the lightest tone
in that particular progression. I
usually lay in a base for the form in which I keep the very lightest values
slightly darker than I want them to ultimately be. Then I bring up those final values by
brushing a lighter mixture into the underlying paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I finished the color wash of Tessa on
Wednesday of my 4<sup>th</sup> week. I
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the darkest darks in the recessed concha and a few other areas bordering the
ear. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I then treated my
paint edges in preparation for the next day-- feathering some edges with a bit
of solvent; and in other places, mixing an adjacent tone to begin the transition
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Thursday I finished form-painting the ear and earrings. I began the session by placing the darks in
the furrow between the helix and anti-helix; then I connected those with the dark areas I had painted the day before, by
painting the lighter anti-helix in between. I continued on with the tragus, anti-tragus, and the lower
part of the helix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had been working around the earrings, and was now ready to
pop them in—first the silver ball and then the faceted gem. I used small creamy dabs of paint to create
the reflections, adjusting the contrast as appropriate for each. Next I laid in a base for the earlobe and then brushed
in the light catching on each small sub-form.
Finally, I finished the top of the helix. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Friday I began with the shadow that runs
along the jawline and casts onto the neck. As I worked out to the underside of the chin, I shifted
toward more intense coral-colored reflected light bouncing up from the chest
and hoodie. I also painted a bit of the
blue background next to the chin and neck for color context and to fuse with
the edges of the skin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I moved up toward the underside of the near
cheekbone, I noted that the forms under the cheekbone<b><i><span style="color: #ff9900;"> </span></i></b>were
catching a bit of diffuse light, but I was careful to keep the values in key so
that they would not pop out too much. I
continued up the cheekbone and then the chin, turning the forms from shadow
into the light. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>THE MOUTH</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Monday of my fifth and final week, I completed Tessa’s
mouth. I began with the chromatic darks
in the vermilion zone of her upper lip (<b>2</b>), and then progressed up into the skin
just past the </span>vermilion<span style="font-size: small;"> border (<b>3</b>). I then
switched to the lower lip, placing the darker tones first (<b>4</b>) and and then turning
up into the light (<b>5</b>). Finally I dropped in
the highlights on the lower lip (<b>6</b>). Throughout
the session, I tried to focus on how light washes across the larger underlying
forms of the mouth area, rather than merely filling in a rose-colored lip-shaped outline. </span></span><br />
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I started the nose on Tuesday: first the
underside, cast shadow, nostril cavities, and septum; then working up to the
light on the tip and the wings. I also
completed the philtrum (the vertical groove extending from the base of the nose to the cupid's bow of the upper lip) and finished the upper lip area.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">THE CHEEKS</span></i></b></span><br />
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On Wednesday I began creating a nest for the eyes
by painting the lower eyelids, and then I completed the cheeks. When I’m painting a form from dark to light,
I also think about painting <i>up to the
next dark downturn.</i> In this case, as I worked up from the underside of the cheekbone, before rolling all the way up to complete the
lightest lights, I wanted to first (as Tony calls it) “corral” the lights by putting
in the lower eyelids, which are not as light-facing and are therefore darker. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Cheeks finished</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>THE BROW</b></i></span></span><br />
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On Thursday, I continued to make a nest for the
eyes. Getting the eyes to look right
seems easier to me if I first paint the surrounding area for context, and then I
can place them more accurately. The next
major downward-facing plane was the underside of the brow, so I began to work
around the eyebrow forms and the glabella (the area connecting nose and
forehead). I also worked a little bit
into the forehead and completed the bridge of the nose. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Brows and glabella</span></td></tr>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">THE EYES</span></i></b></span><br />
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with only one more day left of the pose, I was eager to start on the eyes. I already had the lower lids blocked in, so I
began with her left <b style="font-style: italic;">upper eyelid</b>. These
forms are very small, but getting them to curve convincingly around the eyeball
requires careful attention to the shape and light distribution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Eyelashes </b></i>won’t achieve optical realism if each is painted
with a crisp black line. Firstly, the lashes
themselves vary in thickness and color from lash to lash, and each lash is
usually thinner and lighter at its end than it is at its root. They also tend to clump together in tapering and foreshortened shapes that curve to catch the light differently at each point. Secondly, due to the resolution of our vision
and the scattering of light, lashes visually soften and dissolve to varying
degrees into the surrounding areas of shadow and light on the skin, iris, sclera
(white of the eye), background, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <b><i>sclera </i></b>is called the “white” of the eye, but is usually
infused with a touch of the color of the skin, blood vessels, and ambient
light. It is part of a rounded form that
drops in value as it receives less light.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tessa’s eyes are greenish, so for the <b><i>iris </i></b>I used a range of
mixtures from bluish-gray to muted gold.
The border of the iris and sclera is soft rather than sharp. This is due to several factors including the
translucency of the sclera and, again, the resolution of vision and scattering
of light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <b><i>highlight </i></b>is placed on top of a base of slightly dimmer light,
which creates a soft transition from the dark tones in the pupil and the
shadow cast on the iris by the upper eyelid.
The shape of the highlight is curved as it maps to the form of the
cornea. In this pose it appears horizontally
elongated. The large bank of overhead
fluorescents creates a roughly rectangular reflection, the top of which is
truncated by the upper eyelid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The rim of the<b><i> lower eyelid</i></b> is upturned toward the
light, and is often close in value to the white of the eye but a touch pinker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I completed Tessa's left eye that evening, and Friday morning I approached her right eye in the same way.</span><br />
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After evaluating the painting and making some
final adjustments, I quickly finished her forehead and hairline at the end of the session,
and the portrait was done.</span><br />
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I hope you've enjoyed seeing the step-by-step process for my portrait of Tessa!</span><br />
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-89130262164207774042013-07-08T21:52:00.000-06:002013-07-08T21:52:52.104-06:00Pendant with Oil Study after Bartholomé; inspired by Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity exhibit<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pendant with study after Albert <span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bartholomé's <i>In the Conservatory</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Hand-painted oil on linen, 1" x 1.5"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">by Anna Wakitsch; </span></span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/156183559/hand-painted-pendant-with-miniature-oil" target="_blank">available in The Pearl Paintbrush Etsy shop</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> I recently visited the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago to see the exhibit Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity, organized in association with the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">. The exhibit displayed gorgeous period clothing along with rooms full of 19th century paintings depicting similar fashions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">The presentation was excellent, often featuring a dress set up in front of a mirror and facing its painting. I noticed that I could look at the dress from the front and also see (in the mirror behind it) both the reflection of the back of the dress and the reflection of the painting behind me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Near the end of the exhibit was a grouping of large Impressionist paintings of fashionably dressed figures set in the outdoors. These were housed in a delightful garden room complete with the sounds of birdsongs and AstroTurf that rustled softly as we strolled from Monet's <i>Women in a Garden</i> to the giant left and central panels from his triptych <i>Luncheon on the Grass</i>. Finally, in the last room, was the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Bartholomé: <i>In the Conservatory</i> (c. 1881).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>In the Conservatory</i> by Albert Bartholom<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">Ă©, c. 1881</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Albert Bartholomé was a French painter working during the time of the Impressionists; t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">he painting is a large full-length portrait of the artist's beloved wife entering the doorway of a greenhouse. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">I was quite taken with the way she is stepping from one world into another; the dappled light, the lush emerald greens surrounding her, the deep blue-violet in her costume, her sparkling gold cuff and sapphire ring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">On display next to the painting is the original dress in which she posed, carefully preserved by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Bartholomé in memory of his wife, who died at a young age not long after this was painted</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">. Both the painting and the dress are on loan from the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Musée d'Orsay in Paris.</span></div>
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<br />Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-80331605543518140012013-06-19T21:11:00.001-06:002017-11-07T16:40:04.922-07:00Intermediate Stages of Tessa Portrait: Stencil, Brush Drawing and Color Wash<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the third in a series of blog posts detailing <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">the painting process for the portrait of Tessa that I completed at the Ryder Studio earlier this year. Here are the first two posts:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/04/painting-process-for-tessa-portrait.html" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/04/painting-process-for-tessa-portrait.html</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My painting support for this piece was a 6" x 6" panel onto which I had mounted extra-fine oil-primed portrait linen. I use Artfix L84C, which is quadruple-primed and the smoothest linen I have found. I adhere it to the panel with acrylic gel medium. Then I moisten extremely fine 1500 grit wet-dry sandpaper and gently sand the primed surface to an even silkier finish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To "transfer" the preparatory drawing to the panel on Wednesday of my 2nd week, I traced its outline and essential landmarks onto another piece of translucent vellum. Then I cut out just the outline of the figure to create a stencil. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">I placed the stencil on the panel and outlined it with thinned light blue paint approximating a lighter version of the background cloth color. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">Next, referring to both the model and my preparatory drawing so that I could make corrections as I went along, I worked within that outline using very thin paint (diluted with solvent) and a small round brush to develop a finely detailed drawing on the panel. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working up the brush drawing</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">My preparatory drawing didn't have much detail for the hoodie, so when I worked on that area in the brush drawing, I completed one main section at a time between breaks. Folds of clothing end up looking slightly different each time a model leaves and returns to the pose, but the general character of each major subdivision will usually stay fairly consistent. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Completed brush drawing on Friday of 2nd week</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of brush drawing</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large; line-height: 20.796875px;"><b><i>Easel Set-up</i></b></span></span><br />
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I sat on a folding chair at a French easel, which held a tall piece of homosote board. I used thumbtacks to secure my panel to the board, clipped the preparatory drawing next to it, and taped the poster study above. In the second photo you can see how I leaned my small palette nearly upright against the base of the board, directly beneath the painting. This <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">second image is a detail from a photo on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ryder-Studio/133998623293" target="_blank">Ryder Studio Facebook page</a>, which you can find here:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151763635433294&set=a.10151681505058294.602687.133998623293&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F31931_10151763635433294_1837038003_n.jpg&size=960%2C720" target="_blank">original photo</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easel set-up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning the color wash<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151763635433294&set=a.10151681505058294.602687.133998623293&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F31931_10151763635433294_1837038003_n.jpg&size=960%2C720" target="_blank">Original photo credit: John Reger of The Ryder Studio</a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>Color Wash Part 1: Ear, Jaw and Mouth</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Monday of my 3rd week I was ready to begin with color. The color wash or wash-in is a thinly painted full-color underpainting, beginning with the darker areas and progressing into the lights. The paint is diluted with solvent, and the white of the canvas shows through to create the lights, similar to a watercolor. Drawing issues continue to be worked out in this stage, and the colors begin to approach the target colors for the final painting, but generally remain a bit lighter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I began by surrounding the ear with some of the dark tones in the hair, and working a bit of a transition up the jaw. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I then painted the ear in detail, first placing the darker shadows and then turning each form into the light. As I worked on each form, I developed gradations of paint on my palette, each mixture progressively lightening in value and subtly changing in hue and chromatic intensity. I also thinned the paint to adjust the value as well, by allowing the white of the canvas ground to shine through more or less. I mix the colors as accurately as I can, but due to the nature of the color wash, they are only an approximation of the poster--a map that I can build on and adjust when I move on to the final opaque layer: the form painting.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Surrounding and beginning the ear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Completing the ear, including placement of the earrings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Working across the face, out to the cheekbone, chin and mouth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Mouth sequence</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Finishing the mouth area above the upper lip, and starting the nose</td></tr>
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<b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><i>Color Wash Part 2: Critique and Corrections</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Friday of the 3rd week, I received a critique from Tony. He mentioned some specific adjustments I could make to the nose, eyelids, and head shape. As I continued to wash in the face, I made corrections based on his suggestions, which I've detailed in the photo captions below.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash before critique</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail (before critique)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making corrections:<br />
-Reshaping tip of nose and far nostril<br />
-Lifting eyebrows<br />
-Reshaping lower eyelid (far eye)<br />
-Extending outer corner of near eye<br />
-Reshaping upper-eyelid crease (near eye)<br />
-Adjusting highlight on upper eyelid (near eye)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continuing to make corrections:<br />
-Swinging out bridge of nose (far contour)<br />
-Reshaping near-nostril cavity<br />
-Adjusting highlight on upper eyelid (far eye)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final corrections from critique:<br />
-Adjusting tilts of forehead and back of head</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Monday of my 4th week, I started washing in the hoodie. It looked fairly similar to the way I had drawn it in, but t</span>here are always variations in how the clothing falls on the model from pose to pose. However, for consistency, <span style="font-family: inherit;">I chose to stick pretty closely to my drawing, rather than make too many adjustments to match the changes.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Starting the hoodie</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After partially completing the hoodie, I scrubbed in the background color and moved on to the hair, subdividing it by first putting in the darks between sections. I then finished the forehead and hoodie, and the color wash was completed on Wednesday of the 4th week.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Laying in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color wash: Subdividing locks of hair</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The completed color wash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed color wash - Detail</td></tr>
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<strike>Coming soon:</strike> <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/09/final-stage-of-tessa-portrait-form.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>Form painting!</i></b></span> (The final post in this series)</a><br />
http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/09/final-stage-of-tessa-portrait-form.html<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/154394532/hand-painted-trompe-loeil-ruby-pendant">https://www.etsy.com/listing/154394532/hand-painted-trompe-loeil-ruby-pendant</a><br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/154403455/hand-painted-trompe-loeil-ruby-earrings?ref=listing_154394532">https://www.etsy.com/listing/154403455/hand-painted-trompe-loeil-ruby-earrings</a><br />
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<br />Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-34380555085664943922013-06-06T23:09:00.000-06:002013-06-19T21:23:17.868-06:00First Stages of Tessa Portrait: Thumbnail Sketch, Poster Study, Preparatory Drawing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thumbnail sketch, Poster study<br />
Block-in, Preparatory drawing</td></tr>
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In a previous blog post, I showed an overview of the painting process for the portrait of Tessa that I completed at the Ryder Studio earlier this year: <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/04/painting-process-for-tessa-portrait.html">http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/04/painting-process-for-tessa-portrait.html</a> <br />
In this post, I will describe in more detail the first few stages of the process.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Composition</span></i></b><br />
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I arrived at the studio on Monday, February 10th, one week into the 6-week pose. The first thing I needed to do was to choose a spot. I chose a low easel at the right front corner of the model stand. I liked the three-quarter view of the face and the balance of light and shadow, reminiscent of Vermeer's <i>Girl with a Pearl Earring; </i>and I realized that looking up at the model from a low angle at close distance would provide me with a perspective challenge. <br />
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The next task was to choose a format. I had prepared two potential painting supports: a 5" x 7" panel and a 6" x 6" panel, both mounted with extra-smooth portrait linen. In the past few years I have become comfortable working at this smaller scale. I also had a small viewfinder with a slider, to see how the composition would look cropped in different ways. Tony has always taught us that the poster study is a great compositional tool as well as a color map, and in this case he advised that if I couldn't decide between the two formats, I could do my poster study large enough to encompass more of the scene, and then decide how to crop it after I had established the value and color relationships. This was my plan. However, after experimenting with a few thumbnail sketches such as the one shown below, I quickly decided that I preferred the square format. The extra width would allow me to zoom in closer on the face while leaving room to fit in the waterfall of ponytail, the draped cowl of the hoodie, the stable base of the shoulders, and a bit of breathing room around the figure. I also liked how the strong diagonal pathways flowing through the pose added dynamic movement to the static regularity of the square.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thumbnail sketch in graphite, approx. 2" square</td></tr>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Poster Study</span></i></b><br />
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I was now ready to investigate color by painting a poster study. I wanted a study that was approximately 3" square, so I cut a piece of Canson Canva-Paper slightly larger than that and taped the edges to a piece of homosote board that was set up on my easel. I use the back side of the Canva-Paper, which is a little smoother than the front side. In the past, I've had trouble with the blue painter's tape sticking to the paper too well and tearing off the top layer. I recently acquired some purple painter's tape that is a bit less sticky, designed for more delicate surfaces. This seems to work well.<br />
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I didn't take progress shots of this poster study, but I'm working on a future blog post where I will demonstrate my approach. I started with a very quick brush drawing based on my thumbnail sketch. There are no details-- I don't put in eye sockets or lips or noses with this kind of study. I began with the darks in the hair and then moved on to the next lightest areas, until I'd reached the lightest lights in the face. Then I evaluated my choices, and repainted areas that needed adjustment until I was reasonably happy with the study. I planned to go over it one more time to correct a few more things after doing the preparatory drawing, but as it turned out, I left it as is.<br />
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A few of the things I keep in mind when doing a poster study:<br />
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<li><b>Very small scale.</b> This doesn't suit everyone, but I prefer to size my studies between 2"-4". It's easier for me to take in the whole set of color relationships in the composition at once; I can cover the surface more quickly; and it reduces the temptation to add unnecessary detail (see next point). </li>
<li><b>Minimal detail.</b> I want to abstract the most essential color relationships and eliminate the distraction of drawing issues so that I can give color my full focus.</li>
<li><b>Quality and direction of light.</b> In this case, a large bank of fluorescents filled the space with clear, nearly color-balanced light and soft-edged shadows, similar to a skylight.</li>
<li> <b>Clean-edged, opaque paint patches.</b> I usually avoid blending and transparency in this kind of study. I want to be clear and specific about my mixture for each area, so that I can easily identify its role in the composition and quickly determine the degree and direction of any adjustments that need to be made in terms of hue, value and chromatic intensity. </li>
<li><b>Quick first pass.</b> Because the poster study is all about relationships, it's difficult to judge the first brushstrokes until the whole thing is covered. Attempting to match each color in isolation is not enough-- it has to work with the other colors in the study to create the desired feeling of light. For each mixture, I make my best hypothesis about what will work, test it in the laboratory that is my canvas, and observe the interactions that happen. Once I am finished with the first pass, I spend the time and effort to re-evaluate and adjust as necessary until it "sings". </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poster study, approx. 3" square, with purple painter's tape</td></tr>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Preparatory Drawing</span></i></b><br />
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After completing the poster study, I moved on to the preparatory drawing on Wednesday of the first week. Working with graphite on toned Strathmore charcoal paper, I traced around my 6" square panel, lightly sketched in the initial construction lines and blocked in the pose. For the very first lines, I swung the pencil in gentle arcs to find the flowing diagonal movements that swept through the pose. I kept the shapes very broad and abstract at first, avoiding regular geometric shapes like squares and circles and instead choosing irregular shapes with dynamic, organic character. John Reger, who is one of the instructors at The Ryder Studio, helped me double-check the tilts and head shape for accuracy. When I began to block in the features, I first made "nests" for them. Instead of trying to drop the details of the eyes into an empty expanse of face, I first made broad subdivisions, looking for the larger forms around the eye sockets and lightly indicating landmarks like shadow edges and the contour of the brow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparatory drawing block-in. Graphite on toned paper, 6" square.</td></tr>
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I continued to develop the drawing on Thursday and Friday. I had already moved the features around quite a bit, trying to get them right, but on Monday I took a fresh look and could see that I still needed to make some major corrections. I decided to overlay the existing drawing with a piece of translucent synthetic vellum (thanks, David!) and make the adjustments on the vellum. I wanted to be able to see the degree of change between the original and the corrections, rather than simply erasing the original.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday's efforts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning to make corrections. <br />
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On Tuesday, Celeste Ryder gave me a critique and helped me determine that Tessa's left eye (the one on the viewer's right) needed to move up and in. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before critique</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moving the eye</td></tr>
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By Wednesday, I was eager to begin painting. Although it was not a perfect likeness, I felt I had pushed the reference drawing far enough for it to be a helpful guide during the rest of the process. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparatory drawing on synthetic vellum, 6" x 6</td></tr>
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In the next post, before going into the color wash stage, I will show how I transferred the outline of the figure to my panel with a homemade stencil, and then developed a finely detailed brush drawing within that outline. <br />
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**Update** I've finished the next post in the series: <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/intermediate-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html">http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/intermediate-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html</a>Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-1433352753382989682013-06-06T11:42:00.001-06:002013-06-06T11:42:37.876-06:00New Trompe L'oeil Diamond PendantI've added a new gemstone to my Etsy shop of trompe l'oeil painted jewelry! I spent time studying the facets of the brilliant cut and the possible paths of a light ray as it is refracted and reflected within a diamond. Then I designed and painted a pattern of surface and internal reflections with fiery flashes of color.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/153026001/hand-painted-trompe-loeil-diamond">https://www.etsy.com/listing/153026001/hand-painted-trompe-loeil-diamond</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand-painted Trompe L'oeil Diamond Pendant, oil on linen, 5/8" diameter</td></tr>
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<br />Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-73987941402055425652013-04-29T11:22:00.001-06:002013-04-29T11:22:30.030-06:00Demitasse Pumpkin: New Still Life Painting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Demitasse Pumpkin</i>, oil on linen, 3" x 4", 2013<br />available for purchase</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: start;">A </span><i style="text-align: start;">demitasse </i><span style="text-align: start;">is a small cup used to serve espresso. For this small still life painting, I placed a miniature pumpkin on a gold-trimmed demitasse saucer. I love these tiny pale-gold pumpkins that fit in my hand, and I've painted a few in the past (see below). <i>Demitasse Pumpkin</i> is currently available in my online store: </span><a href="http://www.annawakitsch.com/store.htm">http://www.annawakitsch.com/store.htm</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cinderella</i>, oil on prepared paper, 4" x 4", 2011<br />private collection</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini Pumpkin</i>, oil on linen, 3" x 3", 2007<br />private collection</td></tr>
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-11818458387755306172013-04-04T15:53:00.001-06:002017-11-07T16:44:58.832-07:00Painting process for Tessa portrait<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Progression of Tessa portrait: poster study, preparatory drawing, wash-in, form painting</td></tr>
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My recent visit to The Ryder Studio spanned 5 weeks of a 6-week (3 hours a day, 5 days a week) portrait sitting by Tessa, who is a wonderful friend and model from the Netherlands that we had the pleasure of meeting and drawing during the Rembrandt Pilgrimage last May. <br />
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This is a quick overview of the painting process I went through for this portrait. If there is interest, I will follow up to show the process in more detail-- posting more photos and explaining some of the in-between steps, techniques, critiques and corrections. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poster study</td></tr>
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After playing around with some rough thumbnail sketches to determine my composition, I began with a poster study. This is a small color study about 3" square. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparatory drawing</td></tr>
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I began my preparatory drawing with graphite on toned paper, then decided to overlay it with translucent drafting film to make corrections and complete the drawing. The photo above shows this stage. It is 6" x 6"-- the same size as the panel on which I planned to paint. I transferred just the rough outside shape of the figure to my linen panel using a stencil I cut out from a tracing of my drawing. Then, referring to both the model and my preparatory drawing, I worked within that outline to develop a finely detailed brush drawing on the panel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wash-in</td></tr>
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The wash-in is a thinly painted color underpainting, beginning with the darker areas and progressing into the lights. The white of the canvas shows through to create the lights, similar to a watercolor. Drawing issues continue to be worked out in this stage, and the colors begin to approach the target colors for the final painting, but generally remain a bit lighter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Portrait of Tessa</i>, 6" x 6", oil on linen</td></tr>
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The form painting is the final stage. Beginning with the darker areas and working toward the light, I complete one area at a time. Paint is specifically mixed in progressions that turn each small form from dark to light. I continue to grapple with and resolve drawing issues throughout this stage. At the end of the 5 weeks, I have completed the form painting on the face and ear, and finish the piece by creating transitions into the hair, neck, and background (which remain largely wash-in, as does the hoodie).<br />
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Edit: New post describing in more detail the first few stages of the process: <a href="http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html">http://annawakitsch.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-stages-of-tessa-portrait.html</a></div>
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Anna Wakitschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13957728072319142166noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860867823323999349.post-52936419611321206462013-04-03T15:18:00.000-06:002013-04-03T15:18:07.734-06:00Figure drawing of Deidre, Pregnant<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Deidre, Pregnant</i>, graphite and pastel on 9" x 12" toned paper<br />by Anna Wakitsch, 2013</td></tr>
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I recently returned from an inspiring visit to <a href="http://www.theryderstudio.com/" target="_blank">The Ryder Studio</a>, where I discovered, to my delight, that a model I have known and worked with since 2005 was now a beautiful 8 months pregnant and sitting for a figure pose! It was a very special experience, and I am grateful that she was willing to share this amazing time in her life with us all. The drawing is available for purchase in my online store: <a href="http://www.annawakitsch.com/store.htm">http://www.annawakitsch.com/store.htm</a><br />
For this piece I used graphite and pastel pencils (white, pale yellow, pale peach, light coral) on blue toned paper.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail from <i>Deidre, Pregnant</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail from <i>Deidre, Pregnant</i></td></tr>
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