Tuesday, 30 July 2013

My limited palette for figure painting/ portraiture

 


Basic mixes
1. Ivory Black (Old Holland)
2. Raw Umber (Old Holland)
3. purple mix
4. green mix
5. blue mix
6. Chinese Vermillion (Sennelier)
7. orange mix
8. Yellow Ochre Light (Old Holland)
9. "brilliant highlight" - Titanium White & Yellow Ochre Light
10. Titanium White (Old Holland)

Shadow mixes
11. warm underpainting mix - Ultramarine Blue & Transparent Red Oxide - both Beckers 
12. darkest dark shadow mix - Ivory Black & Chinese Vermillion 
13. shadow mix - Ivory Black & Chinese Vermillion & Yellow Ochre Light

Flesh mixes
14. pink flesh mix 
15. yellow flesh mix
16. cool/ grey flesh mix
17. "magic brown" - nondescript mix for transitions, using between strong colour areas & greying down flesh tones 

Friday, 7 June 2013

Review of this year's RHA show on RTE's The Works - featuring yours truly's work (briefly)

Was on tv yesterday apparently.

http://www.rte.ie/player/se/show/10155168/

After the Eddie Izzard interview at 5.50. I always thought Garda Patrol was how I'd end up on telly.

Review by John Kelly and there's an interview with James Hanley (RHA) as well.

Stills:




Tuesday, 28 May 2013

RHA annual show opening 2013

The portrait hanging at this summer's RHA show.



Photograph by Dermot Browne, who attended yesterday's opening. See his work here:  http://dermotbrowne.tumblr.com/

Under-painting

Under-painting in transparent red oxide and ultramarine blue.


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