I made a promise painting something for a friend years ago and I'm working on it right now. I've kept it in the back of my head since then, I've even started on something a couple of times but never been pleased with the result. Hopefully it will turn out ok this time, otherwise I'll need to throw this away too. That's the struggle when you try to capture the essence of a real person on canvas. In my other paintings I'm normally not painting people who really exist.
It won't be a reproduction of a childhood picture as I originally intended it to be, because we were kids when 12' megapixel cameras didn't exist and the resolution was awful. Blurry pictures are very challenging to work with and nothing I recommend!
Colors used for the suit:
Titanium-zinc white
Burnt umber
Prussian blue
Ultramarine blue
The dark parts are a mix between blue and burnt umber (no black needed). The prussian blue could have been left out, but I like how it looks when you mix it with white. It becomes more alive and more like turquoise compared to the mix between white and ultramarine which looks like a more pale light blue.
It won't be a reproduction of a childhood picture as I originally intended it to be, because we were kids when 12' megapixel cameras didn't exist and the resolution was awful. Blurry pictures are very challenging to work with and nothing I recommend!
Colors used for the suit:
Titanium-zinc white
Burnt umber
Prussian blue
Ultramarine blue
The dark parts are a mix between blue and burnt umber (no black needed). The prussian blue could have been left out, but I like how it looks when you mix it with white. It becomes more alive and more like turquoise compared to the mix between white and ultramarine which looks like a more pale light blue.
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