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AndreaMG

11-13-2014, 10:26 AM

Alexandra

11-15-2014, 01:20 AM

Beautiful portrait and style, Andrea!:cool:
Also, a very funny addition there of the evil Hogwart caricature , Cesare!:rolleyes::p:D

D Akey

11-15-2014, 06:53 AM

Thank you for the link, what a unique castle! I would expect to find something similar for certain aspects in Sicily not in Tuscany :o Really cool :cool: Reminds me a bit of "Hameau de la Reinehe", I would define it as "toy architecture" :D Glad that they are taking care of it. You have to know that I did the civil service at the superintendence of the architectural assets and I also did some guided tours at the Royal Palace, one day an Architect who worked there took us to take a look at some locations that were closed to the public where the windows where broken and the pigeons where free to roam among paintings and furnishings worth thousands of euros piled one over the other like a pile of junk :mad: Really hope we finally understand to take care of our treasures, because once they're gone they're gone forever.

Ugh! That's horrible the way they treat treasures, and they are really treasures. I think over here in the USA we would regard what many over in Italy see as just a cluttered closet, we would revere. . . at least people with cultivated tastes. But conservation takes money, doesn't it, and money seems to be the only criterion for so many things that 'ought to be' respected better.

I remember a year or two (or a couple more, seeing as I have no concept of how much time is passing anymore), there was a scandal in which come woman took it upon herself to "restore" a mural in a church or monastery, I think it was in Spain. And she could paint at the level of a second grade kid. Horribly inept, and she painted right over this beautiful old fresco that was in total disrepair. She had been given authorization from the rector, who clearly had no idea what it was she was intending, nor did he seem to care until it made world news. I have seen churches in Paris where they did nothing to care for the wonderful frescoes and the plaster was bubbling and flaking and essentially the fresco style paintings were disappearing from zero care. I don't know if it was just paint over the walls as opposed to proper frescoes, but they were very nice paintings at one time. No more. Also that particular church, St. Merrie's, had had to convert their convent or rectory living quarters into a public hotel -- built long ago onto the side around and through the flying buttresses. I stayed in that hotel and actually banged my head on the flying buttress arch top that pierced my room. . . not many people can say that they banged their head on the underside of the arch of a flying buttress except for maybe a giant or a gargoyle, but I have that distinction.

Anyway, the point is there's no funding, it would seem. And the actual church people probably attended to the big stuff like the structure and the very visible bits that the tourists see. And like a beggar with leprosy or something, the crumbling, disappearing paintings may serve to fill the begging bowls of the church itself, whereas if it was all perfect, nobody would feel the need to donate anything. Those church boys, if they know anything, it's about how to get donations. 2000+ years of practice.

The other irony about the old stuff in Italy, when I was visiting Florence and some other famous tourist areas, I was struck by the layering of history, and all that was on display was the old old stuff. They were not even allowed to dig to lay a new cable, and having wires all over sort of spoiled the ancient effect. And the contemporary artists didn't stand a chance competing with the giants of art from the Renaissance and so on. . . not to mention the Roman Empire times. It's hard to live in the present when your whole world is taken up by the distant past. It has to be hard living in a museum. So I can see it both ways. But yes, they ought to preserve treasures until that time that they know what to do with it all.

I loved my visits to Europe. And I was so grateful to have seen all that history in evidence. But my heart still went out to the contemporary artists. I also am very impressed that you participated in those programs you mentioned. Gives a distinct perspective on things, doesn't it.

AndreaMG

11-17-2014, 05:32 AM

Thank you Dear Alexandra :cool::cool:

Thank you Dear D, money sure is a problem but we can certainly improve in making more money with art based tourism :o The story about the "restore" woman reminded me of incidents that are more and more frequent in modern art exhibitions and it's always fault of the cleaning men who clearly don't have the sensibility to understand that a piece of biscuit on the floor or a dirty window are art pieces on display :o:rolleyes:

AndreaMG

11-17-2014, 05:34 AM

This one was made without any reference.

Please watch her at full size :o

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D Akey

11-17-2014, 06:51 AM

. . .it's always fault of the cleaning men who clearly don't have the sensibility to understand that a piece of biscuit on the floor or a dirty window are art pieces on display :o:rolleyes:

Based on that criteria, my studio is a regular art museum. :p:rolleyes:;):D:D:D:D:D

AndreaMG

11-17-2014, 07:29 AM

Based on that criteria, my studio is a regular art museum. :p:rolleyes:;):D:D:D:D:D

Mine as well :D

gxhpainter2

11-17-2014, 08:09 AM

AndreaMG.. a wonderful exploration in texture, almost pointillist in its expression. a bit of change for you... nice !..:cool::cool: the impasto effect is definitely more noticeable at a larger scale..

stevemawmv

11-17-2014, 10:06 AM

Hello Andrea....Fearless Princesses, my daughters always loved them....Is she based on Merida? Don't see the fiery red hair streaming in the air....I like this piece very much, love the fragmented colors and how you've controlled their destinies with the blade of your knife....such as this Princess is capable of doing to any who oppose her with the edge of her sword....not that I' am putting her in a warrior role.....
...A piece of biscuit on the floor or a dirty window are art pieces on display As for my gallery...my sister visited, her dog immediately ran in and ate the piece of biscuit on the floor...Sister saw the windows and asked "How can you see through those....walked over.. rubbed and changed the whole perspective of my glass art and said "There, that's better"....Anyway, my gallery is closed with a sign on the door that reads...'Closed during restocking and inventory'...
Beautifully executed my friend!
Take care,
Steve

copespeak

11-17-2014, 02:50 PM

That's some wild Princess Andrea! Lots of fiery strokes went in to make that gem! :cool:

justjean

11-17-2014, 06:34 PM

Now there is a gal with attitude, great painting Andrea :)

stevemawmv

11-17-2014, 09:06 PM

Sorry Andrea....Was replying elsewhere I thought....Anyway, have a good week!

Caesar

11-17-2014, 10:57 PM

Dear D Akey, we had also quite a lot of modern and great comntemporary artists, and a gallerist too In new York in the recent past , if You know who i mean, but most of the best ones were successful only abroad, in general, or kept unknown by most people or by the market. The problem is who rules and administate our conuntry, alas, and the decadence spirit we left only in short periods, like in the 50ies and 69ies or, no general approval thereabout, during fascism. Financial resources are obviously an additional problem, to that of devouted care and good organisation, since if it's true that we have got in Italy 50-60% or more worth of the whole world art surviving patrimony (from the past at least), it means we would need half of the world art restoration resources to cope with all valuable we've got around in any corner. The only good news, even with scarcer and scarces fundings, is that we have a true excellence as for restoration of classical artpieces, frescoes, statues, paintings etc. both from an artisanal and technological standpoint and regrettable episodes like that happened in Spain aren't known, at least for masterpieces. The real pain is for what happens or happened and how are and were managed absolute wonders such as Pompei's excavations or Caserta's Royal Palace.

Dear Andrea, You revived the Divisionismo with Your personal new form of it in the Fearless Princess!

AndreaMG

11-18-2014, 10:28 AM

Thank you Dear Gary, so glad you liked Emma too, but who doesn't? |P.S. You have to watch Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" if you already haven't :cool:

Thank you Dear Steve, I have to watch that movie, I painted her out of nowhere but maybe I was a bit influenced by a game demo that I played recently of a little princess which wad gorgeously animated (Child of Light). Glad you liked it!! You have to believe me, the story of the biscuits is true!!! :cool:

Thank you Dear Robyn, she might fit kinda well into that beautiful garden of yours! :cool:

Thank you Dear Jean, at first I wanted to call her "the Arrogant Princess" because of her attitude :cool:

Thank you Dear Caesar my juventin friend :cool:

stevemawmv

11-18-2014, 10:39 AM

Thank you Dear Steve Glad you liked it!! You have to believe me, the story of the biscuits is true!!! :cool:I believe you, it's such a good story I had to develop one around it...You know me, love a good story.... I don't save them all for Gary!
Again, love the painting....Take care friend,
Steve

AndreaMG

11-19-2014, 10:16 AM

Thank you Dear Steve, here's the news :o

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2563671/Crumbs-Cleaner-throws-broken-biscuits-lying-floor-art-gallery-unaware-installation-worth-8-000.html

D Akey

11-19-2014, 11:28 AM

I personally think, screw it, the 'artist' showed the caliber of art they were aiming for as rubbish, so the correct specialist should be brought in to restore it -- someone proven to be sensitive to the artist's original intent, value for value. . .

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19349921

She's pretty booked up but for the right price they might be able to get her.

I'm sorry, it sounds like insurance fraud to me. The clever gallery owners knew this kind of story would get lots of publicity, plus a few bucks extra in an insurance claim. . . Brought to you by the legal firm, specializing in. . . well the name says it all: Whines, Wynn, & Phukkum :p:rolleyes:

Despite it being quite a feather in the fine artisan's cap, I noticed that the 'artist' was not named. Gee. . . Take the money and run, baby. . . Your career is assured.

pat1940

11-21-2014, 02:03 PM

Hi Andrea, to see your wonderful work again is a pleasure, and thanks for all those great artist paintings you sent for us to admire

AndreaMG

11-24-2014, 10:55 AM

stevemawmv

11-27-2014, 04:49 PM

Thank you Dear Steve, here's the news :ohttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2563671/Crumbs-Cleaner-throws-broken-biscuits-lying-floor-art-gallery-unaware-installation-worth-8-000.htmlWent back and looked at the article again and saw Tracey Emin's conceptual 'My Bed' art piece and it reminded me of going into my sons room and seeing the mess of crap everywhere...ME yelling..."Gawd, clean your room"...him saying "it's not that messy"! When all he needed to say was....It's Art dad, duh!

kenmo

11-28-2014, 02:45 AM

AndreaMG -- Great stuff in your thread.... Many thanks for sharing.....:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

AndreaMG

11-30-2014, 09:34 AM

Went back and looked at the article again and saw Tracey Emin's conceptual 'My Bed' art piece and it reminded me of going into my sons room and seeing the mess of crap everywhere...ME yelling..."Gawd, clean your room"...him saying "it's not that messy"! When all he needed to say was....It's Art dad, duh!

Haha, that's the beauty of art I guess Dear Steve ;) Take care

AndreaMG -- Great stuff in your thread.... Many thanks for sharing.....:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Thank you Dear Kenmo, my pleasure :o

AndreaMG

11-30-2014, 09:40 AM

Ok new set of two :o:o

Please do watch them at full size :cool:

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#2

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stevemawmv

11-30-2014, 10:19 AM

Hello Andrea....These are fantastic, absolutely have your touch of style on them, I would recognize one of your paintings anywhere my friend, and that is quite of an achievement! Of the two....the first one, but of course! The dark one would attract me more.....soft darklight and shadows! The second painting the colors are perfectly matching her strong pose, reinforcing and adding to the confidence this young women already possesses! Both beautifully done....Take care friend,
Steve

AndreaMG

11-30-2014, 11:30 AM

Thank you so much Dear Steve!! You're too kind :cool: I fixed the shoulders on the second one which were a bit too narrow :o Yeah first one is more into your territory Dear friend ;) Take care :)

copespeak

11-30-2014, 11:54 AM

They're both beautiful Andrea, and I really love the first one! Very skilful. :cool:

Are you using a loaded knife to paint?

Enug

11-30-2014, 05:30 PM

Wonderful images - very striking!

justjean

11-30-2014, 06:11 PM

Great painting, Andrea

D Akey

12-01-2014, 03:33 AM

Brilliant! These are really exciting techniques. I know this isn't the case of how you painted them, but in a way it feels like I'm uncovering these ladies looking through glass, the second on a rainy day with the droplets on the glass between us. And the first one feels like wipers in heavy rain is on the glass between, as if taking your ATV for a drive on Mount Olympus and ran into some weather.

I love these. And I don't mean to diminish the quality of these as painting styles. They're exciting and seem to be the culmination of the many variations you've done before in this direction. They seem confident and assertive. Well done Andrea. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Bertrude

12-01-2014, 10:51 AM

Beautiful pictures Andrea. I particularly like #1 and all that shadow area. Very effective and a cracking likeness as always.

Caesar

12-01-2014, 11:36 PM

The only "tricks and tips" techniques I'd bet on are the loaded sharp and the last mode of the knife. How you keep control of the outlines and of smooth color transitions are still not fully understood as yet. I may say though that You paint heavenly and ... faithfully towards your selected semi-goddesses among whom, alas, You still didn't find the Victory against Juve ... eh,ehe. anyway congrats to Toro and a wishful hope it will be a grande Torino pretty soon, since it gathered far less than it deserved in too many cases and Ventura is a great man, not only a masterful coach.

AndreaMG

12-03-2014, 03:18 AM

They're both beautiful Andrea, and I really love the first one! Very skilful. :cool:

Are you using a loaded knife to paint?

I'm using mainly brushes and loaded knifes. For the "splatter effect" I use the last knife on the right wich reacts differently according to the amount of paint on the canvas. Thank you :cool:

Wonderful images - very striking!

Thank you :cool:

Great painting, Andrea

Thank you :cool:

Brilliant! These are really exciting techniques. I know this isn't the case of how you painted them, but in a way it feels like I'm uncovering these ladies looking through glass, the second on a rainy day with the droplets on the glass between us. And the first one feels like wipers in heavy rain is on the glass between, as if taking your ATV for a drive on Mount Olympus and ran into some weather.

I love these. And I don't mean to diminish the quality of these as painting styles. They're exciting and seem to be the culmination of the many variations you've done before in this direction. They seem confident and assertive. Well done Andrea. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Thank you :cool:

Beautiful pictures Andrea. I particularly like #1 and all that shadow area. Very effective and a cracking likeness as always.

Thank you :cool:

The only "tricks and tips" techniques I'd bet on are the loaded sharp and the last mode of the knife. How you keep control of the outlines and of smooth color transitions are still not fully understood as yet. I may say though that You paint heavenly and ... faithfully towards your selected semi-goddesses among whom, alas, You still didn't find the Victory against Juve ... eh,ehe. anyway congrats to Toro and a wishful hope it will be a grande Torino pretty soon, since it gathered far less than it deserved in too many cases and Ventura is a great man, not only a masterful coach.

Thank you :cool: The smooth color transitions are achieved alternating brushes and loaded knives. I recently bought a Wacom Intuos Pro Large which allows me to have better control and now I rarely zoom in, this is a great help because you do not lose the focus on the entire picture, it becomes really similar to paint with a real canvas (I use a 27" screen in portrait mode). As far as the Torino is concerned let's hope for the future, the coach is surely good even if sometimes a bit too much passionate :o

Marilyn Anne

12-03-2014, 11:26 AM

Also very unique. I like the interesting style.

AndreaMG

12-04-2014, 10:43 AM

Also very unique. I like the interesting style.

Thank you Marilyn Anne :cool::cool::cool:

Ref#1:

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Artrage:

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Ref#2:

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Artrage:

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pat1940

12-04-2014, 11:49 AM

What DYNAMIC painting Andrea, very bold and beautiful, love them all, superb work

Caesar

12-04-2014, 09:57 PM

Dear Andrea, another fantastic portrait example duo. You set up a style which looks like an exceptional mix of a realistic/impressionistic painting and Sabena's geometric/ factorization style.

D Akey

12-04-2014, 10:15 PM

You do find some remarkable source photos, I must say. Very good starting points.

eighty+

12-05-2014, 12:29 AM

well Andy Avril come flouncing in ( like Beauties do) took a quick look and said Where's Andy I had to explain

to her that you had gone to see your grand father as he wasn't feeling to good O k I then said would you like

me to do your hair a look of Horrer went across her face No no NO she cried Andy always looks after me

ok Tell Andy I'll be in tomorrow at 12.30pm then she Flounced out well I thought yuh win some and

you lose some ok Andy make sure you are in tomorrow ;);):D:D:D:D:D:D:D:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

IVAYA CON DIOS STATTE BBUONO ...Si ........Si POZDRAWSKI

AndreaMG

12-05-2014, 10:09 AM

What DYNAMIC painting Andrea, very bold and beautiful, love them all, superb work

Thank you so much Dear Pat :cool:

Dear Andrea, another fantastic portrait example duo. You set up a style which looks like an exceptional mix of a realistic/impressionistic painting and Sabena's geometric/ factorization style.

Thank you Dear Cesare, I'm trying to combine realism with a few abstract elements plus all those crazy knives effects, I will try to stay on this path for next paintings :o

You do find some remarkable source photos, I must say. Very good starting points.

Thank you, starting with a great reference half of the work is done, sometimes it literally takes me hours to find the right image, funny thing is that one day I might find an image not particularly interesting while another day I might find the same image inspiring. When I look at a picture I only look for composition, the actual painting comes to life while I paint and this is a good thing, it is always discovery process, and always very immersive and even transcending I might say :o

well Andy Avril come flouncing in ( like Beauties do) took a quick look and said Where's Andy I had to explain

to her that you had gone to see your grand father as he wasn't feeling to good O k I then said would you like

me to do your hair a look of Horrer went across her face No no NO she cried Andy always looks after me

ok Tell Andy I'll be in tomorrow at 12.30pm then she Flounced out well I thought yuh win some and

you lose some ok Andy make sure you are in tomorrow ;);):D:D:D:D:D:D:D:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

IVAYA CON DIOS STATTE BBUONO ...Si ........Si POZDRAWSKI

Well well well, I see she were in disguise (are you really sure it was her? You know I'm constantly annoyed by ladies pretending to be her in order to be made immortals in one of my portraits :cool:). Anyways thank you for covering me up :o So tomorrow it is! By the way I see you captured her (even if in disguise) very well. But wait, are those Emma's glasses? maybe it was Emma and not Av :o CIAO and STATTE BBUONO :cool:

AndreaMG

12-09-2014, 03:13 AM

No matter how much angelic the subject is this technique gives it a twisted and almost demonish vibe :p

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* Please do watch her at full size *

AndreaMG

12-09-2014, 03:15 AM

Here's the second one :cool:

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* Please do watch her at full size *

stevemawmv

12-09-2014, 03:56 PM

Caesar

12-09-2014, 10:48 PM

Right! She's becoming more and more disquieting. Halfway between a zombie and a vampire, fascinating, but dangerous (as she probably is anyway ;)) This style is absolutely intriguing nonetheless.

AndreaMG

12-10-2014, 09:30 AM

Very cool, eerie but quite captivating these images are....love the way she's not directly looking at us, giving us a false since of security untill we cautiously venture to close to see if she's real...suddenly her eyes shifts towards us...and we become frozen with fear...we can only imagine what will come next but it's to late and 'Oh yeah'...she's real alright!
I obviously really dig these paintings....Very well done my friend!
Take care,
Steve

Thank you Dear Steve, exactly, she might turn you into stone :o These days I read she's not feeling well, hope she'll get better soon. Thanks for visiting my friend! Take care. Ciao

Right! She's becoming more and more disquieting. Halfway between a zombie and a vampire, fascinating, but dangerous (as she probably is anyway ;)) This style is absolutely intriguing nonetheless.

Haha, thank you Dear Ceasare, she's not dangerous, she's really shy and cute :o Ciau ne

AndreaMG

12-14-2014, 08:28 AM

Me, Myself and I and a Wacom pen over the ear :cool: First Photo manipulation :p

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stevemawmv

12-14-2014, 08:41 AM

Hello Andrea.....Well it's nice to meet you, I've been waiting for you to do a 'Self Portrait'....and I really like it! Nicely done friend, you look as if your in deep concentration so I'll let you get back to what you were doing!
Have a great weekend and take care,
Steve

D Akey

12-14-2014, 09:36 PM

But what's this???? Shouldn't that stylus be touching the tablet monitor? Or do you have one that acts as an broadcast antenna where you think the marks and they appear. You'll make history with that one, Andrea, and a whole lot of money so you can hire all the goddesses you want as models.

As to your hair color, you posted an avatar some while back that showed you to be a blond fellow. So this is you as you appear today?

It's a great use of your technique. Works great. Very dynamic feel to it. Go Andrea! :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

AndreaMG

12-15-2014, 06:36 AM

Haha, thank you Dear Steve! Nice meeting you as well in your Santa disguise :D Ciao

Thank you Dear D, I'm still blond but in this picture I went gray just for fun :cool: Now you know my secret, I'm a beta tester (well actually alfa tester :o) for Wacom and their new "over the ear" pen whic actually also works as a bluetooth headset :cool: Cheers

Caesar

12-15-2014, 10:22 PM

Dear Andrea, with You as a model I notice an improvement, from a geometric standpoint, in the shape of th nose which looks perfect, maybe less personal and unique than that of Avril, who like Cleopatra has a quite important, though graceful, protuberance, but certainly a good reference for a mass production by a plastic surgeon. I see that after the meches You used a dark dye on your hair, maybe to look a little more dark and gothic .... Having said all the above nonsense, well, Your self-portrait is SUPER!:eek::cool:

eighty+

12-17-2014, 06:43 AM

hi Andy can't say much as Caesar is better at words then I so i'll just agree with Caesar ok

CIAO STATTE BBUONO...Si...Si IVAYA CON DIOS ............POZDRAWSKI :p

AndreaMG

12-17-2014, 10:12 AM

Haha, thank you Dear Cesare, in the photo the nose came out pretty good, in reality it's not so straight, maybe I took some artistic licenses :cool: Merry Xmas

Thank you Dear Eighty, vaya con Dios and may be the force be with you! :) and STATTE BBUONO :cool:

D Akey

12-18-2014, 02:17 PM

So Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Now go out and do some caroling with the guitar. . . if your line to your amp is long enough.

Well, maybe not physically too practical, but your gift for music is definitely something you can add a lovely creative compliment to your painting. Also seems to me that your style would work very well for doing snow -- a bit of a natural for that palette knifing you do so masterfully.

Statte Statte Ciao Buono Podrawski e ¡Vaya con las Musas de Diosa de Pintura y Cinema y Musica!

AndreaMG

12-19-2014, 10:04 AM

Thank you Dear D, I wish you a merry Christmas as well :cool: alas nowadays I have no time to play the guitar, my first hobby has become painting :o I haven't yet painted the snow, but in the future I will do that for sure... All that white with the blues and the pinks depending on the time of the day, it must be challenging but anything can be done right? Ps congrats for the "Santa" avatar, it's so funny :o

AndreaMG

12-26-2014, 08:50 AM

The unforgettable Grace Kelly (Pastel pencils + Artrage :cool:)

Merry Christmas to all my friends here :o

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D Akey

12-26-2014, 08:58 AM

What a tremendous expression you achieved. She looks like a goddess (in both senses of the term 'looks'). Intense gaze, engaging, powerful. And what's exceptional is that it was done in a sketched manner. It may be that there is extra potency in this technique because it's not fully rendered -- similar to the apparent intention of using your broad brush stroke style as well.

A page from Pygmalion's notes. You find the telling features and aim the eye right there. Bravo! This one's not only breathing, she's hooking and reeling us in. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

stevemawmv

12-26-2014, 12:14 PM

Hello Andrea.....Grace Kelly, I fell in love with her after seeing 'Rear Window' and it was confirmed the next year with 'To catch a thief', I obviously was very young when I saw these movies....but she left a lasting impression with me....
I think I feel a 'Movie Night ' developing here....I really like the method and techniques you used with this one...Nicely done friend!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Steve

AndreaMG

12-28-2014, 02:21 AM

Thank you so much Dear D! I'm always impressed at how beautifully Artrage integrates into natural media :D Cheers

Thank you Dear Steve, I do love those two movies as well :cool: Ciao

AndreaMG

01-12-2015, 08:21 AM

First one :o

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AndreaMG

01-12-2015, 08:23 AM

Second one :o (First one is in the previous page in case you're wondering :))

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AndreaMG

01-12-2015, 08:24 AM

Third one :o

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AndreaMG

01-12-2015, 08:26 AM

Here's a close-up of Imogen :o

Thanks for watching! :cool:

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Marilyn Anne

01-12-2015, 11:10 AM

Each one is full of life and very well painted. Interesting use of brush strokes and textures!

copespeak

01-12-2015, 06:15 PM

Andrea, your style is so exuberant and colourful, and each painting is executed with such skill. I never get tired of looking at them.

Caesar

01-13-2015, 01:51 AM

Dear Andrea, You don't miss a hit even going higher and higher with Your mastery and art! If I may ask You, what's the size You use for Your marvelous paintings? they look so impressionistic, but also so neat and detailed .... Ciau né ....
I realized I'm really old when I reminded that Grace Kelly made me fell in love as a boy. So incredibly beautiful and perfect! Only Virna Lisi could stand her beauty in terms of features perfection.

Enug

01-13-2015, 02:29 AM

Wonderful portraits and I love your style.

YoannLori

01-13-2015, 02:48 AM

Really great work once again. I love your brushstrokes !

AndreaMG

01-13-2015, 10:49 AM

Each one is full of life and very well painted. Interesting use of brush strokes and textures!

Thank you Dear Marilyn Anne!!! I do think that heavy brush strokes might make painting more interesting :o

Andrea, your style is so exuberant and colourful, and each painting is executed with such skill. I never get tired of looking at them.

Thank you Drear Robyn, sometimes exuberant? You betcha! :cool: Cheers

Dear Andrea, You don't miss a hit even going higher and higher with Your mastery and art! If I may ask You, what's the size You use for Your marvelous paintings? they look so impressionistic, but also so neat and detailed .... Ciau né ....
I realized I'm really old when I reminded that Grace Kelly made me fell in love as a boy. So incredibly beautiful and perfect! Only Virna Lisi could stand her beauty in terms of features perfection.

Thank you Dear Caesar, I'm no master, but I certainly do enjoy doing them. Imogen Poots one is 4560x6406, the wider the area the bigger the picture :o I'm trying to fuse realism with impressionism in order to obtain the best of both words! :cool: I also do love Grace, but who doesn't? Thank you again for the compliments! Ciau né ....

Wonderful portraits and I love your style.

Thank you Dear Enug, much appreciated :o

Really great work once again. I love your brush strokes !

Thank you Sir! I read the interview by the way, congrats :cool:

AndreaMG

02-01-2015, 07:42 AM

This one is dedicated to my friend Steve

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justjean

02-01-2015, 10:40 AM

Always a pleasure to scroll your paintings, Andrea , each is as beautiful as the one that come before or after

D Akey

02-02-2015, 03:09 PM

Looks very good. I can see you have gotten a bit more traditional with your paint effects and style. They certainly work. The ladies look very attractive and the paintings quite painterly and stylistic, conforming to an artistic vision. I think you should be very pleased with what you have going here. They could hold their own.

Well done Andrea! Can't wait to see where you push it to next, whether exploring this look more or going off on a visual junket through the Spice Islands or something on your quest for flavors of all kinds. Good job! Also good to see you posting again. I was gone myself for a bit and somehow when I came back this must have scrolled off to the next page so I missed some of the paintings closer to when you posted it. Anyway. Glad to see your work again. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):):):cool::coo l::cool::cool::cool:

Caesar

02-03-2015, 12:02 AM

Your visual music is evolving, but the basic canons and compositional skills of Your personal gorgeous style remain under a constant improvement and experimentation. Arlu sì 'l Toro, cinquinaaaaa!

AndreaMG

02-03-2015, 11:04 PM

Always a pleasure to scroll your paintings, Andrea , each is as beautiful as the one that come before or after

Thank you Dear Jean ^^

Looks very good. I can see you have gotten a bit more traditional with your paint effects and style. They certainly work. The ladies look very attractive and the paintings quite painterly and stylistic, conforming to an artistic vision. I think you should be very pleased with what you have going here. They could hold their own. wefwe

Well done Andrea! Can't wait to see where you push it to next, whether exploring this look more or going off on a visual junket through the Spice Islands or something on your quest for flavors of all kinds. Good job! Also good to see you posting again. I was gone myself for a bit and somehow when I came back this must have scrolled off to the next page so I missed some of the paintings closer to when you posted it. Anyway. Glad to see your work again. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):):):cool::coo l::cool::cool::cool:

Thank you Dear D! Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to post here as much as I did before, so little time these days... You can check me out on Deviantart if you want, I'll update over there regularly. As for the paintings I'm going a bit more trad right now and I think I will try other softwares too. Ciao

Your visual music is evolving, but the basic canons and compositional skills of Your personal gorgeous style remain under a constant improvement and experimentation. Arlu sì 'l Toro, cinquinaaaaa!

Grazie Carissimo! Ale' Toro :o

Bertrude

02-04-2015, 05:38 AM

More amazing paintings Andrea. I love the one of Imogen Poots - it's stunning!

D Akey

02-04-2015, 09:49 PM

Thank you Dear D! Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to post here as much as I did before, so little time these days... You can check me out on Deviantart if you want, I'll update over there regularly. As for the paintings I'm going a bit more trad right now and I think I will try other softwares too. Ciao

I'll probably look in at Deviant Art, but I tend to get lost and have a horrible time navigating and not getting shipwrecked. More like the place is filled with Sirens than Goddesses. Just lash me to the mast and shove the vessel that way, and I hope I don't go mad.

I understand your adventures taking you where they will. The world is your oyster, mate. Best of luck with your artistic endeavors in search of the perfect goddess form. I know She will be flattered by your attention. Goddesses always are, they're such vain creatures.

AndreaMG

02-05-2015, 10:15 AM

More amazing paintings Andrea. I love the one of Imogen Poots - it's stunning!

Thank you Bertrude! She's so pretty ♥ If you haven't already I suggest watching her in the best zombie movie ever EVER (no cute bicycles there though I'm afraid :o). Cheers

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I'll probably look in at Deviant Art, but I tend to get lost and have a horrible time navigating and not getting shipwrecked. More like the place is filled with Sirens than Goddesses. Just lash me to the mast and shove the vessel that way, and I hope I don't go mad.

I understand your adventures taking you where they will. The world is your oyster, mate. Best of luck with your artistic endeavors in search of the perfect goddess form. I know She will be flattered by your attention. Goddesses always are, they're such vain creatures.

Haha, don't worry D werewolves as far as I know are immune to sirens' songs, so fear not my dear friend :o If you don't mind I will keep on using your super brilliant quote in my signature :cool: CIAO

D Akey

02-05-2015, 01:14 PM

I am certainly no goddess, but I am susceptible to flattery too. Of course you can keep using the quote. :o;):cool:

AndreaMG

10-26-2015, 08:26 AM

Time to show something new... ^_^

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D Akey

10-26-2015, 07:39 PM

gxhpainter2

10-27-2015, 09:59 AM

hI AndreaMG, welcome back, I like the new direction this newest work is showing. I get a more direct painterly feeling from it , very graphic and great details in the brushwork and details, just hope we get to see more from you in the near future!... I have missed your excellent work!...

AndreaMG

10-27-2015, 11:38 AM

Delightful, Andrea! Great to see you back.

I certainly understand time constraints. And it's been sorta slow here anymore. Hope the other venture on DA or wherever you went has proven to be a bit more dynamic, with new people seeing your work and commenting.

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Thank you my friend, hope you're doing well, yes over there it's a bit more lively but whenever I'm here I feel at home as well ^^

hI AndreaMG, welcome back, I like the new direction this newest work is showing. I get a more direct painterly feeling from it , very graphic and great details in the brushwork and details, just hope we get to see more from you in the near future!... I have missed your excellent work!...

Ha thank you my friend, the more graphic the better in my agenda :cool: I also miss your paintings even if sometimes I peek at them not commenting but wondering: this looks like, might be...:);):cool:

Caesar

10-28-2015, 12:14 AM

Dear Andrea the girls of the movie look quite too pretty to be zombies while Your stellar collision seems to generate a sort of neo-pop art!
Good to see You back home!

AndreaMG

10-28-2015, 09:52 AM

Caesar

10-29-2015, 01:25 AM

Haha thank you Cesare, I don't know if you like that kind of movies, wait what are you thinking? I was talking about ZOMBIE movies :), well I do and if you happen to never have watched it, well this is a masterpiece in its genre, it's the one that rules'em all :cool: Forza Marino non mollare!!!:rolleyes:Ciau ne e forza Vale!

I'm so old I was able to see "La notte dei morti viventi", one of the first ever zombie movie probably if not the absolute first one. I'm pretty sure evolution occurred to zombies too in recent movies as it was the case of Marvel Heroes, werewolves, mythological characters and all the rest of the updated, stars&striped, latest-fashoned, gothicized new movie versions. I just hope they diddn't get too psychologically insightful with zombies and/ or found that zombies too, like vampires, are now kind, tender, gentle, vegan, romantic and sloppy good guys as well, otherwise I'd rather stick to the latest series of Dylan Dog where, as updated, innovative, modern and tragic as iits story actually is, zombies go on making their dirty job!

meldieching

11-18-2015, 06:24 PM

Love the Speedster!....... Okaaay!, She's nice too! Alright!, She is stunning!!! Absolutely love your painting!

pat1940

11-19-2015, 07:37 AM

Andrea, I just love your brush strokes, so in love with your style, always a pleasure to see your work

AndreaMG

11-23-2015, 07:19 AM

@Cesare, especially during these dark times a vampire movie helps ;)

Haha, thank you @meldieching, the best Porsche ever :cool:

Than you Dear @Pat :o

AndreaMG

11-23-2015, 07:21 AM

This one drove me nuts :o

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pat1940

11-23-2015, 07:30 AM

WOW Andrea, glad you had the patience to finish this, even if it did drive you nuts lol, we would have missed out on this beautiful piece, such talent

AndreaMG

11-24-2015, 09:59 AM

Haha thank you dear Pat, I will tweak it a bit but not major changes, it takes time to realize flaws, good thing is that with Artrage you can always change things whenever you want. Ciao

Caesar

11-24-2015, 09:56 PM

Your style now is like a sort of modern arras (arazzo). From painting to tapestry, quality artisans ...:o

gxhpainter2

11-25-2015, 10:02 AM

Wow what a stunning painting AndreaMG!.. I love the cool retro colors and thick impasto passages and the angular cropping gives it a very modern look. and as usual your model is fantastically rendered. such a great blend of impasto and thin paint. I don't know what was giving you a fit but you were very successful in resolving any and all issues.... really one of your best. :cool::cool::cool:

D Akey

11-26-2015, 03:53 AM

What a cool technique! Contrast is always interesting. The goddesses you paint are by nature smooth, and to present them in a different way and yet retain their silky texture is a magic trick. I think in our minds if a girl looks like she ought to have the qualities associated with that look (soft and smooth and smell good and all that), that our minds will naturally go there almost in spite of the way the paint is applied. This presents the viewer with an interesting internal adjustment in our minds. You're like an actor reciting lines placing emphasis in different spots in his delivery to see how it changes the meaning. It's a refinement of one's voice.

Super cool as always. Very happy to see your work again. Always fun having an audience with the goddess.

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AndreaMG

11-26-2015, 10:10 AM

Your style now is like a sort of modern arras (arazzo). From painting to tapestry, quality artisans ...:o

Haha thank you! Now the only thing I miss is a soubrette good enough to sell my stuff :o:o

Wow what a stunning painting AndreaMG!.. I love the cool retro colors and thick impasto passages and the angular cropping gives it a very modern look. and as usual your model is fantastically rendered. such a great blend of impasto and thin paint. I don't know what was giving you a fit but you were very successful in resolving any and all issues.... really one of your best. :cool::cool::cool:

Thank you Dear Gary!! I tweaked the painting a little bit constraining it in a more common aspect ratio and working a bit (again) on her face. Time to move on now to a new painting :cool:

What a cool technique! Contrast is always interesting. The goddesses you paint are by nature smooth, and to present them in a different way and yet retain their silky texture is a magic trick. I think in our minds if a girl looks like she ought to have the qualities associated with that look (soft and smooth and smell good and all that), that our minds will naturally go there almost in spite of the way the paint is applied. This presents the viewer with an interesting internal adjustment in our minds. You're like an actor reciting lines placing emphasis in different spots in his delivery to see how it changes the meaning. It's a refinement of one's voice.
Super cool as always. Very happy to see your work again. Always fun having an audience with the goddess.

Haha thank you my friend. It seems I cannot turn the car back, I'll end up like Picasso ;):):cool::cool:

Here is the last (?) version: CIAO

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Caesar

11-26-2015, 10:26 PM

Haha thank you! Now the only thing I miss is a soubrette good enough to sell my stuff :o:o

Well, it looks like Vanna Marchi is back on the stage for a TV commercial sale! Ask her then!;)

AndreaMG

11-27-2015, 08:14 AM

Well I was hoping for Cristiana Capotondi or Laura Chiatti but if I had to choose between, let's say, Mário Pacheco do Nascimento and Wanna Marchi I'd choose 100 times him over her ;):o ciau né

Caesar

11-28-2015, 01:00 AM

Laura Chiatti would be fine for Your next effort, I think, so I keep watching! There would be also enough stuff to enjoy apart from her beauty.
Cristiana Capotondi, on the contrary, is probably the oldest teenager in the world, I guess, as a look at least. In a way I would fear that appreciating her may be a sort of para-pedophilia, so I really cannot feel her sex-appealing, on the other side she seems really too fragile, diaphanous and delicate, more and more as the time passes ... but looking at Your selected goddesses I think that's a great value for You instead.
As for Mario do Nascimiento I would consider him sould I sell some fake medical concoction in the old wild west (and Your artworks are all but fake ones) or to collect money from incapable of consent people, certainly not as a muse. Brazilian gentlemen may be quite dangerous sometimes, since in several cases they come here after they grow learning to play any kind of role in any possible attire ...:eek::o;) Fuma nen i piciu né!?

kenmo

12-02-2015, 01:59 AM

Wow...incredible images.....

AndreaMG

12-07-2015, 06:07 AM

Wow...incredible images.....

its feeling good.

Thank you both :o

AndreaMG

12-07-2015, 06:08 AM

Abstract me too :o

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kenmo

12-07-2015, 12:57 PM

Cool work and abstract...

Caesar

12-11-2015, 03:52 AM

Delavigne à la vigna (vineyard) vista dall'altro (birdview)! Cool:cool:

D Akey

12-13-2015, 01:37 PM

What a great series of strokes. I quite like the geometry of it. The colors are, as always, very subjective and draw some very specific associations for me that probably others would not have. But they are colors that government institutions and military hospitals used in the 1950s. So it has an odd contrast between freedom and control. It's like working one's individuality within a tight formation. It's like young Diebenkorn got drafted and had to serve his time out. I have no idea whether he was in the military or not, but I was in my youth and this is sorta how I experienced it -- tightly channeled and directed with the occasional sideways skid.

Needless to say there's the association with aerial photography -- a Google kind of thing regarding the structure. The mark of civilized Man in a way.

Cool, whatever your intention was. Great knife work.

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AndreaMG

12-14-2015, 05:49 AM

Cool work and abstract...

Thank you! :cool:

Delavigne à la vigna (vineyard) vista dall'altro (birdview)! Cool:cool:

Haha battutaccia :o:o ciau ne

What a great series of strokes. I quite like the geometry of it. The colors are, as always, very subjective and draw some very specific associations for me that probably others would not have. But they are colors that government institutions and military hospitals used in the 1950s. So it has an odd contrast between freedom and control. It's like working one's individuality within a tight formation. It's like young Diebenkorn got drafted and had to serve his time out. I have no idea whether he was in the military or not, but I was in my youth and this is sorta how I experienced it -- tightly channeled and directed with the occasional sideways skid.

Needless to say there's the association with aerial photography -- a Google kind of thing regarding the structure. The mark of civilized Man in a way.

Cool, whatever your intention was. Great knife work.

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Thank you Dear D, the title was a bit of a joke, I used a title for the work without a connection to the piece just for being silly and then I found it once done, it might represent the flow of memories in neural cells being pushed up by those two lines which are like two invisible arms that convey those memories, you can't really put arms around memories but you can definitely feel them :o But it coul easily be some military post from bird view as well :o Thank you for comparing it to Diebenkorn, I didn't knew him, but I have to say I like his works, they look very intriguing even the portraits with that massive posterization :cool:

AndreaMG

12-14-2015, 05:52 AM

Now back to portrait art, it kind of resembles an old one I wade, I tried to combine different tools, even some watercolor to reach the utmost messier result :o

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D Akey

12-14-2015, 07:09 AM

What a glorious painting. To begin with here in the painting, she's beautiful -- which is immediately captivating. But then all that interesting brushwork gone into the hair, a queen would be honored to wear such a crown. I think what I like about it is the soft edged work built over by more and more chiseled strokes -- which psychologically could represent many women, especially beautiful ones who must constantly have the world reaching for them. But then that contradiction often makes them all the more alluring because the game is afoot -- not to be confused with "a foot", which is a whole other game. But I digress --

The other thing is that going from crude to refined in a work of art, whether painted or sculpted, is a very effective device in that it creates a movement into the refined area -- like one's awareness of something in the world suddenly coming into focus. Very active painting.

Anyway, love the colors, shapes, and stylization. A bit of the goddess, or at least her majesty.

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kenmo

12-14-2015, 11:23 AM

Love the style you used in creating this portrait....Awesome work indeed....

Caesar

12-14-2015, 10:31 PM

You refined and distilled Your natural approach into a most sophisticated and elegant style, where passion and feelings are somehow muted and controlled into a canon, but kept alive and powerful in their understatement. You set up a new, personal canon, to say in one word what DAkey seemed to imply in his comment to Your abstract painting, which can be applied to any kind of genre and subject as your own signature. Congrats!
I would thank DAkey also for introducing Dieberkorn, who actually seems not to be too much known on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, but certainly has many interesting points, because in his abstract expressionism and in his more realistic works he seems to take also some of Edward Hopper, lessons in my view, thus the US soul and art conception in a way, which, somehow, works around the American dream, what it is about and what's its implementation, I think. I confess though that I'm probably wrong because I'm ignorant and I never saw his intriguing paintings before ...

AndreaMG

12-15-2015, 10:21 AM

Thank you dear D, glad you approve the output, I tried to use every trick I've learned so far in this one trying to making it look a bit more classier... CIAO

Hello kenmo, thank you for your kind words ^^

Ciao Cesare, grazie mille, 6 troppo buono, hai proprio ragione, con questo ho cercato di fare un dipinto un po' più classico, il fatto che tu lo trovi addirittura elegante è un grande complimento, il merito però è in gran parte del soggetto :) ciau ne e non mangiare troppo panettone

AndreaMG

01-11-2016, 10:43 AM

♪ ta ta tataaaaa ta ta tata... ♥

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gxhpainter2

01-11-2016, 11:20 AM

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01-11-2016, 01:09 PM

Very Good Andy Your best yet I might try to do a copy if I can Master Your Brush Strokes ;):D:D CIAO IVAYA CON DIOS

justjean

01-11-2016, 03:58 PM

Andrea, a beautiful painting but why is the Bride crying or is she crying because she is not the bride :D

Caesar

01-12-2016, 01:44 AM

So You evetually succeded to get married with one of Your divine models? Auguri e figli maschi (o figlie femmine, as You like)! LOL:o;)

coops

01-12-2016, 03:25 AM

Your painting is fabulous and I love the brushwork.:)

AndreaMG

01-12-2016, 10:35 AM

beautiful AndreaMG, I love your exquisite sweeps of the brush that provide details in the hair, brilliant brush work, color and design... miss you hope 2016 gives us more artpieces from you!...:cool::cool::cool:
Thank you so much Dear Gary, I miss you too, I'll try to come here more often. CIAO

Very Good Andy Your best yet I might try to do a copy if I can Master Your Brush Strokes ;):D:D CIAO IVAYA CON DIOS
Thank you Dear friend ;)

Andrea, a beautiful painting but why is the Bride crying or is she crying because she is not the bride :D
Haha thank you, actually she's not crying, she's modeling ant that serious look is required I guess :cool: ciao

So You eventually succeeded to get married with one of Your divine models? Auguri e figli maschi (o figlie femmine, as You like)! LOL:o;)
Ave oh Mighty One, unfortunately I was only a witness so it was with death in my heart that I painted her :cool::cool: Ciau ne e buon 2016!!

Your painting is fabulous and I love the brushwork.:)
Than you so much Katie :)

D Akey

01-12-2016, 03:22 PM

She looks very beautiful as ever the goddess has, this time in her bridal aspect. Even goddesses get to be all the more radiant on their wedding day.

Nice technique. Always that bravura stroke making gives it the added element of calculated spontaneity -- which for that matter is not unlike some brides. But beyond the story and the terrific technique, it's really great seeing what you've done anytime you choose to share it.

Wishing you all the best for the new year and beyond for you and your family.

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AndreaMG

01-14-2016, 10:47 AM

Thank you Dear D!! All the best and a sparking beautiful 2016 to you and your family as well!! :cool::cool::cool::o:o:o:):):)

AndreaMG

05-02-2016, 02:13 AM

Hi to all my friends over here

Lauren de Graaf Take II :)

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gxhpainter2

05-02-2016, 04:59 AM

YoannLori

05-02-2016, 08:19 PM

Awesome work ! The contrast between fine details of the face and large brushstrokes of the hair is perfect ! My only crit would be about you signature that I personally find a bit too big compared to the canvas size. Keep'em coming ! ;)

annlou

05-02-2016, 10:34 PM

A lovely painting. As i am new to drawing and painting i use references so that i can understand shapes and light and shadow. If i find an image particularly difficult i will trace a little to get the proper proportions. I don't like tracing and would love to be able to paint from imagination. Perhaps practice will allow this. Once again, excellent painting.

D Akey

05-03-2016, 12:45 AM

I really like the paint effects around the area you took farther -- in other words, that drippy watercolor bit feels really authentic to me as part of the lay-in process.

Great seeing you coming through on a fly-by with this goddess like a hood ornament on your magic carpet.

Go Andrea!!!!!!

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AndreaMG

05-03-2016, 07:59 AM

Ah so good to hear from you AndreaMG!... another beauty I like the work in more neutral tones to provide the contrast to the face with of course your brilliant brush work! SUPER! :cool::cool::cool::):):)

Thank you Dear Gary glad you like it! :):):)

Awesome work ! The contrast between fine details of the face and large brushstrokes of the hair is perfect ! My only crit would be about you signature that I personally find a bit too big compared to the canvas size. Keep'em coming ! ;)

Merci beaucoup Yoann :o you're so right that signature it's too big and it even makes appear the picture smaller. Ciao Vive la France! :D

A lovely painting. As i am new to drawing and painting i use references so that i can understand shapes and light and shadow. If i find an image particularly difficult i will trace a little to get the proper proportions. I don't like tracing and would love to be able to paint from imagination. Perhaps practice will allow this. Once again, excellent painting.

Thank you so much :o, my advice is to paint from real life (even if I do not do that).

I really like the paint effects around the area you took farther -- in other words, that drippy watercolor bit feels really authentic to me as part of the lay-in process.

Haha thank you my dear friend, Artrage always surprises me as well on how it sometimes make things look so real :D CIAO

Great seeing you coming through on a fly-by with this goddess like a hood ornament on your magic carpet.

Go Andrea!!!!!!

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Caesar

05-03-2016, 09:32 PM

Well, congratulations to you and Your bride then .... LOL:o;)
So glad You're back exhibiting Your stunning portraits in here too!
It means You recovered from our last derby matches shocking outcomes .... :o:D
In the meanwhile we avoided to unpick the scudetto. After five years I'm afraid it became a chronic disease.
Well, it's time to complete the unfinished job in Champions League now. Next time neither Bayern, nor Barcelona will escape, whatever favorable episode they may enjoy!:);)

Ahh, btw, congratulations to Sir Claudio, or rather sor Claudio, we're gonna meet in CL next edition of it!

AndreaMG

05-05-2016, 08:06 AM

Caesar

05-05-2016, 09:46 PM

Ciao carissimo Cesare, sai che io sono di Torino, pensa che l'altro giorno quando avete matematicamente vinto avrò sentito si e no due/tre clacson (tantè che ho pensato che fosse qualche sposa :D), ormai siete così abituati a vincere che non esultate neppure più:o, è ora di lasciare qualcosa anche agli altri no? :cool:

Comunque brava Juve (ma forza Toro) grazie mille per i complimenti CIAU ne

Ecco come ti è venuto fuori questo magnifico ritratto! La sposa cioé.

Magari si farà di meglio alla conquista della Coppa Campioni e in tutta Italia ... ehehehe. Peccato solo che, vedendo le semifinali, questo era proprio l'anno buono e nonostante due arbitraggi contrari in modo non ininfluente, siamo andati a due o tre minuti dall'aver eliminato il Bayern e meglio di come l'ha fatto l'Atletico. Pazienza.
Poi ci sono ancora gli interisti con la loro presunta superiorità nelle coppe internazional, quando poi noi le abbiamo vinte di tutti i tipi e lor otto finali di Champions, ancorché perse, due contro squadre nettamente inferiori nel pronostico, se lo sognano. Mah ....

Cmq Toro almeno in UEFA league alla prossima, mi raccomando!:cool:

AndreaMG

08-27-2016, 10:12 PM

This is my take on one of Sargent's early works, model was Carmela Bertagna who was also portrayed in a self-titled picture. She looks more like a bride to me than a beggar but different times different fashions I guess :o Funny thing is that I found out that it looks like he was pretty obsessed with some of his models (that's the reason that they came out so well), for instance he literally begged the beautiful social climber Madame Pierre Gautreau to be painted by him in what came out the "scandalous" "Madame X" painting :):) Cheers

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D Akey

08-28-2016, 09:13 PM

It's such a great painting on so many levels. I love the colors and especially the long lines using your skill at expressive strokes. Really has an Orientalism spin like so many of the realist paintings from the late 1800s or there about. What is more, she looks like an angel posing as a beggar. Some of us are able to see that for real. Compelling to see it in a painting. Gives it power and mystery.

The only thing that I might suggest is that the angle of her begging arm/hand resolves where it connects to the shoulder a little more anatomically correct. I have no idea what your source image looks like, and this may be accurate to it, to my eye it looks a little detached or hyper-flexed.

Anyway, I really love this image. Thanks for posting. I like the foray into this kind of story telling and costume. You're nailing it. Good to see your work again, Andrea!

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AndreaMG

08-29-2016, 07:07 AM

Thank you Dear D for the kind words and the tips! You are certainly right, the arm looks funny, I will correct it and make some other changes and post it together with SARGENT's one. The way the great masters are able to fuse different elements to make a painting intriguing is always something I admire, they seem to strike the right note on multiple levels, always something good to learn to incorporate in your own works :cool:

AndreaMG

08-31-2016, 10:08 PM

Made some changes and rectified a bit the "begging arm" :o following D's precious suggestion

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and here below is Sargent's :)

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D Akey

09-01-2016, 09:13 PM

Que bella! Nice fix Andrea. Also very good to have posted Sergent's version as well so I know what you were looking at. I like your interpretation. Yours is more structured and simplified like the lines in certain classic streamlined automobiles. She looks a little Art Deco, but still quite natural. Are you an engineer or designer by any chance?

Sometimes your work has a flair for practical efficiency to your marks where there are long lines to them. I also remember that you like the American illustrator J. C. Leyendecker and regularly employ some of his artistic flair. The heroic nature of his models work especially when elevating a particularly beautiful divine creature -- your very own Beatrice.

Anyway, very well done and its' good to see you coming back around. I suspect Mr Ploos gets sick of just me echoing in his thread and at the very least your presence is something of an inspiration to him as you have a way to stir the creative pot.

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AndreaMG

09-03-2016, 05:43 AM

Hehe thank you Dear D, I actually didn't know (or ar least I didn't remember of) J. C. Leyendecker, I checked some of his work, which of course is very 20s in its vibe, I am no expert but I think he used oils with a lot of dark outlines, angles and hatching in a way that they resemble pastels, cool stuff, so glad some of my works connect to his :). I am a tax advisor but I don't think this translates into my paintings, It will be too boring :) but when you use a lot of knife pictures tend to look edgy sometimes :p. CIAO

AndreaMG

09-03-2016, 05:47 AM

Some practice...:)

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altimaître

09-05-2016, 05:16 AM

wonderfull !!!

AndreaMG

09-05-2016, 10:59 PM

Thank you @altimaître! Here's the Ref picture I used ;)

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Caesar

09-06-2016, 01:52 AM

Ciao Andrea! J. Singer Sargent's girl really "sings" and Hermione's spell was still working on the other one!
Congratulations ... also for the new Toro soccer team! This year maybe we'll resume the epic duels we used to had in Turin also for the Scudetto.

D Akey

09-06-2016, 04:56 AM

Wow. In addition to your great painting technique you seem to find some magnificent photo reference. I really like what you did with it. It gets a little away from her likeness, but you made it your painting and really good at that. I love the colors and the pose you gave her -- the cut of the hair with those eyes and cheeks. I prefer your painting to the photo as an engaging character. In the photo she looks really remote and in yours she is right there. Very cool.

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AndreaMG

09-07-2016, 07:05 AM

Thank you Dear Cesare! As for Torino FC I'm curious about Joe Hart, I have to ask Mr Ploos about him :p CIAU NE

Thank you Dear D, She came out a bit "anime" but it's ok. Starting from a reference picture that looks good and half of the job done :cool: CIAO

AndreaMG

09-26-2016, 07:25 AM

An old one retouched (all credit to Mary Qian http://maryqian.com/) :o

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AndreaMG

09-26-2016, 07:26 AM

Another old one retouched :o

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AndreaMG

09-26-2016, 07:27 AM

All credit to Jeremy Mann (http://redrabbit7.com/) :o

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AndreaMG

09-26-2016, 11:32 AM

Oh yeah, I forgot about this one... :o

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D Akey

10-05-2016, 05:42 AM

Wow! These are so stylish magazine culture. Really emote personality and even walking art forms manifesting well beyond the framework that mere mortals exist within. I feel like they really speak of that social, on-the-town style. Olympian, though their mountaintops are many. These fabled types live in magazines and movies, and only rarely come into the real world. But when they do, it's like all eyes are pulled to their every move, their every detail. Back in the 20s and 30s Hollywood was working overtime to create 'stars' through all kinds of publicity. And when those stars made a live appearance, everybody gasped that they really did exist. These have that kind of feel.

Your technique changes occasionally, but the feel is always right there. Love it. I really love the elegance of your marks, even when it's seemingly after going wild, it always seems on purpose for an effect. Example is this last girl with the blue splotches showing through like an old Greek bronze sculpture might, only you're doing it with bright colors. Really cool. And I love the fast lines you include in so many of these. It's like catching something that moves faster that we do.

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Caesar

10-05-2016, 09:23 PM

Excellent additions, Maestro! I'm too old now, but as a Youngster I think I would have upholstered my room with prints from Your paintings (I guess I wouldn't have afforded the prices of the origical paintings ...).
Grande Torino this time, hopefully at least in UEFA League next year! Ciau né!

AndreaMG

10-16-2016, 03:58 AM

Haha thank you Dear D :o, style varies a bit because they were drawn in different times, I just reworked some aspects leaving their (goddess) core, so to speak :cool:

Thank you Dear Cesare, especially when compliments come from a such a grater master like you are :o Ciau ne :cool:

AndreaMG

10-16-2016, 04:01 AM

Ok, here's last one, maybe you remember her from "Interstellar"?

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byroncallas

10-16-2016, 06:39 AM

Hello AndreaMG, My first time visiting your terrific thread. I spent a long and rewarding time going through it. Your work is beautiful and your transitions and explorations are inspiring. GREAT STUFF. I have been away from this forum for a while. Your thread reminds me of why I should return more often.

MickeyMaguire

10-16-2016, 12:50 PM

I love the eyes (Avril). I used to work with her first cousin, btw).

AndreaMG

10-17-2016, 05:41 AM

Thank you @byroncallas, my pleasure you visiting my thread! :o

Thank you @MickeyMaguire! :cool:

AndreaMG

10-24-2016, 04:47 AM

Cropped version of the last one with a tone down electric blue jacket :cool:

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AndreaMG

10-24-2016, 04:49 AM

Emma Roberts among the roses :cool:

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D Akey

10-25-2016, 03:39 AM

Intriguing simplifications. It's almost as if you're evolving into a graphics sensibility. It's like you're a wrinkle remover. Many women will love you for it. Go Andrea Go!!!!!!!

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Caesar

10-25-2016, 09:12 PM

Marvellous artpieces! I wonder whether You work on picture by either overpainting or tracing. In any case You set a kind of style which is fascinating, a sort of clear line drawing of the French/ Berlgian comics style as transposed into painting!
Alé Toro! Rifacciamo del campionato una sfida a due tra squadre torinesi! :rolleyes::o;)

AndreaMG

10-26-2016, 06:59 AM

Thank you Dear D, maybe the outline give the painting that peculiar look :cool:

Thank you Dear Cesare, I do not trace nor overpaint, I "simply" block in and gradually refine the various elements (most of the time I work painting upside down to keep the mind fresh and clear :cool:). Since I totally suck at lineart I paint and then add the outlines later on to give that particular graphic look. Here below the references I used. CIAU ne (Torino capitale d'Italia X)

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D Akey

10-27-2016, 07:58 AM

Thank you Dear D, maybe the outline give the painting that peculiar look :cool:

I don't know if it's a language thing, but the word "peculiar" is not what I intended to imply. That implies something a little distasteful. Not at all. I actually think your stuff is masterful and I believe that direction of simplification is an evolution for some artists. I think of Mondrian's paintings, not because your stuff will ever become so devoid of subject, but because he started out painting trees and ended up where he did.

I love the precision of your marks where you have mastered larger strokes to say a lot filling the images with surprise and delight just observing how cleverly you managed an area. And that's most often a vision that forms from lots of doing. It's very hard to just jump straight into that kind of editing because for you it makes sense. For copyists it would be quite elusive.

So press on! Your painting style is captivating in that it is walking a tightrope between jazzy marks and the beautiful subjects without losing the allure of the models from distilling the vision.

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AndreaMG

10-28-2016, 08:52 AM

Eheh Thank you for the compliments Dear D, you're far too generous :). In Italian peculiare (i.e. "peculiar") not necessarily has a negative meaning, it depends on the context I guess, It may mean "odd", "eccentric", "strange", "out of place", "bizarre", but also "original", "characteristic", "unique", "cool" :cool:

Back on topic I don't know if in the upcoming paintings I will use outlines and sharp edges so much, I might even consider to call it quits with a study of one of Leyendecker's "peculiar" (in the good way :cool:) paintings :cool::):o;):D CIAO

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D Akey

11-01-2016, 12:37 AM

Got to love Leyendecker's style. I think one of the things you're doing which is a very good thing is that you are working to focus the attention on stylishness. To become tied in as being the eye onto a particular era or class or whatever ties you in with that same group. There was a whole lot of style back in the 20s and 30s for sure. Nowadays there doesn't seem to be the same kind of clarity since there are so many diverse images being tossed into the world anymore. But if one can manage to become the eyes or interpreter of a movement, it will anchor you into that same slot -- which is larger than one artist.

I think one has to actively connect them together with consistency. I mean you already have been for a long while targeting a group of celebrity and fashion. Might be worth a letter or two to those who are closer in to that look who might get you exposure in that context -- nothing to loose, right?

Go Andrea Go!!!!!!!

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AndreaMG

01-29-2017, 09:07 AM

Hello angel incoming...:)

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gxhpainter

01-29-2017, 12:48 PM

dear AndreaMG its has been tooooo long since we have had the pleasure of some art from you!. This is so much softer in approach and color
than some of your earlier works, is this just a one off due to subject or are you mellowing out? :rolleyes::rolleyes::cool: In any case
it is a beautiful work and love the close tone color and signature brushwork of yours...

AndreaMG

01-30-2017, 07:13 AM

Hello Dear Gary, hope you're doing good, eheh I guess I'm mellowing out :cool: Truth is at the moment I'm in love with this Michael Carson's art which has a very modern vibe to it but also classic. Love his de-saturetad figures that sometimes blend with the background and the limited palette too :o. In case you don't know him here some of his exceptional works:

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AndreaMG

01-30-2017, 07:20 AM

Here some of my humble paintings done or retouched under his influence :o

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Hayden Panettiere

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01-30-2017, 07:21 AM

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Lauren de Graaf

AndreaMG

01-30-2017, 07:22 AM

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Avril Lavigne

gxhpainter

01-30-2017, 09:48 AM

Caesar

01-31-2017, 12:38 AM

Excellent rafale of new paintings! Incredible artpieces. The series I would define a campaign against anorexy (of models?) is particularly impressive.
I'm sorry You probably resumed a high production rate once You realized Toro could not keep up their challenging European promises anymore ....:(

symson

01-31-2017, 06:27 AM

Some wonderful paintings in this thread.

damasocl

01-31-2017, 04:53 PM

Realmente, un estilo increíble...!!!
Independiente de cómo lo has logrado, el resultado es GENIAL!!!!

Really, an incredible style ... !!!
Regardless of how you did it, the result is GREAT !!!!

AndreaMG

02-01-2017, 08:23 AM

AndreaMG, thanks for turning me on to Michael Carson, I love his pallet and modern look to the figure. I think you are getting with it I love the subtly
in your new works especially "I am not THAT shy" I think your more restrained brushwork and the background where the two edges are not so sharp
but have the small irregularities and the posing of the figure and the work on her are all show your brilliance to its best... I am so pleased you have
found a new source of inspiration I think it is hard sometimes to find that even though there is such availability of work via the Internet. I also have
found some new artists that are causing me to rethink my work a bit. I started by watching on YouTube a series of 6 videos by Ian Collins called
the Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+rules+of+abstraction+with +matthew+collings+)
which led me to the work of John McLean, Albert Irvin and Robert Wilson... I hope we can carry on these investigations more together here... I
have always enjoyed your views and work.

Thank you Dear Gary for the compliments! Great artists always push me to get better, I love to incorporate what I like in their paintings into mine as well :o Oh thank you for pointing me out those documentaries, after "Cosmos" I will watch 'em for sure since I'm not an expert of abstract paintings, that doesn't mean I don't like them, for instance, besides of course yours which are quite full of life, I also like extreme minimalist abstracts like Mark Rothko's ones :)

Excellent rafale of new paintings! Incredible artpieces. The series I would define a campaign against anorexy (of models?) is particularly impressive.
I'm sorry You probably resumed a high production rate once You realized Toro could not keep up their challenging European promises anymore ....:(

Eheh thank you Dear friend but I think you mistook Michael Carson's art for mine, which is an exceptional compliment to me :cool::cool::cool: Forza Toro no matter what. Ciau ne

Some wonderful paintings in this thread.

Thank you :o

Realmente, un estilo increíble...!!!
Independiente de cómo lo has logrado, el resultado es GENIAL!!!!

Really, an incredible style ... !!!
Regardless of how you did it, the result is GREAT !!!!

Muchas gracias desde Italia!! :o

AndreaMG

02-06-2017, 01:46 AM

Hope you like it :)

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Caesar

02-06-2017, 10:27 PM

I certainly do! Congratulations are "di rigore" .... LOL;):o

gxhpainter

02-07-2017, 06:50 AM

You seem to be coming to grips with this new style , I like this and she has
a very charming quality, I love the restrained brushwork that show here and there
to greatly emphasize its painterly quality... super job AndreaMG. For all my bright
and saturated colors I do love this palette as well . :cool::cool:

byroncallas

02-08-2017, 09:42 AM

I love it.

byroncallas

02-08-2017, 09:43 AM

Opening my thread/gallery with the gift from the lovely Lady Katie/Coops. Thank you ^^

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Hi Everyone. This is my first work with ArtRage (previously I used procreate+ipad). It's done with intuos pro m in 8 hours (no tracing). I had some trouble with her hair so I went to the stylized route :p
EDIT: I was not happy with my first painting so I heavily modified it, first of all I cheated using the transformation tools to get more correct proportions :p, then I used a lot of frost knife and airbrush tools on her face to achieve maximum realism and finally I redid entirely her hair... Hope you like it :D

Click on the picture for larger view

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Wonderful. love it.

AndreaMG

02-08-2017, 10:12 AM

Haha grazie mille caro @Cesare! Ciau ne

Thank you Dear @Gary the extremes are the way to go I guess :cool: ciau

Thank you Dear @Byroncallas ("la divina??")!! :o

byroncallas

02-13-2017, 07:14 AM

Spent more time this morning catching up with your thread.
There is just so much great stuff. Inspired.
I love your work.

AndreaMG

02-14-2017, 08:11 AM

Thanks :cool::cool::o

eighty+

02-14-2017, 08:38 AM

Science. Is about what we do know. Like spending billions at high profits To see if there been life on mars or to see what our neighbours are up to so our drones can bomb them first ok the democratic world we live in :):D:D:D. Ok CIAO. IVAYA. CON DIOS. SLAINTE

D Akey

02-14-2017, 09:39 AM

Your stuff is really looking great. I think you found your style, even if it's only until you get an inspiration to do something different. This style could be the basis for a whole direction to finesse into masterworks that anchor your place as a collectable artist. After all, you have to pay for all these monitors and tablets and computers somehow. And I don't know about your country, but if you are business minded, you could deduct part of the purchase prices once you start selling.

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AndreaMG

02-15-2017, 10:17 AM

Hello Dear @80+, hope you're doing OK, I have to agree with you on the bombs but science and space exploration in particular should be the drive to our kind, so please Donald give NASA back the funds it deserves!!! :cool:

Ciao @D, hope you're ok, haha thank you :cool: Gary says I'm mellowing out :cool::cool::o Hey hope you're not close to that nasty Oroville Dam...

AndreaMG

02-20-2017, 09:04 AM

An Artrage 5 reMaster :o

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D Akey

02-20-2017, 09:12 AM

Elegant. The simplification of the various bits makes for a really strong design, because it distills the details down to general shapes that can then be arranged into very clear geometry. It's a great way to present a figure and the details and painted effects do not clash. They in fact enhance the quality of the other end of the style.

You're showing how less is more, in your own way, without reducing it to a clunky Bauhaus primitive design. It's like a short, stylish poem this way.

Oh, and no, I'm nowhere near that troublesome dam. It's at least 400+ miles away. Nice of you to ask.

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gxhpainter

02-20-2017, 10:45 AM

Yikes AndreaMG.... very elegant but with just enough attitude! Check out YICCA.... your work will fit right in... and right in your neighborhood.
I really love the restrained colors and posing of the figure.

AndreaMG

02-21-2017, 10:04 AM

Glad to hear you're safe dear @D, thank you, these are only old paintings manipulated in order to give them a specific look, with the new ones I try to follow the path since the beginning and I also try to follow a role that I find very useful which is to get a fairly good result in all the stages of a painting, I read somewhere that in this case even if you happen to die in the process before the painting is finished it is still worthy :cool:,jokes having good foundation really helps with the outcome, at least in my experience ;) ciao

Thank you dear @Gary! I don't think I'm ready for those kind of things besides I paint starting from pictures that I did not take so the works not 2ntirely mine, maybe in the future I will hire some pretty model to pose for me though :o ciao

Caesar

02-21-2017, 10:48 PM

Your last girl looks more inviting than ever, but I guess she will eventually "send You in bianco" with her well concealed astuteness.
She caged You in her charm web, this sort of black widow, to extort, squeeze out of You, this marvellous portrait of her, then leaving Your emptied wrapper on the ground! :eek::o;) LOL
Great art style, bro!

D Akey

02-26-2017, 10:14 AM

I read somewhere that in this case even if you happen to die in the process before the painting is finished it is still worthy :cool:,jokes

No need to test that theory. A less dire approach and more life affirming: Just keep playing with the pretty ladies and keep doing what comes naturally and you'll have a household of happy little faces. They grow up so nicely, don't they?

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AndreaMG

02-28-2017, 09:39 AM

Haha thank you Dear Cesare, how did you knew that?? :o:cool::)

Thank you Dear D, of course they do :o:o ciao

AndreaMG

03-06-2017, 01:21 AM

Another Tweak :o

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AndreaMG

03-06-2017, 01:23 AM

A little Jhon Cook painting Study :o

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D Akey

03-09-2017, 10:18 PM

I *knew* this bird wasn't a natural blond! Before she got famous.

That's a heck of a painting. I love it.

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AndreaMG

03-10-2017, 10:56 AM

Haha thank you Dear D!!!!! :cool::o:):cool::o;):)

Just to make a bit of exercise I tried to mimic as much as possible the original oil painting and in the process I hope I learned a bit from that artist.

Anyway, here is the original one in all its glory:

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...and here is mine :)

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DarkOwnt

03-10-2017, 11:11 AM

You've achieves some affects here with the interaction of impasto and appearance of canvas that I did not think were possible with ArtRage... care to share any tips?

gxhpainter

03-10-2017, 12:16 PM

A little Jhon Cook painting Study :o

92406wow not THAT is PAINTING... really a super work AndreaMG...:cool::cool:

Caesar

03-11-2017, 01:25 AM

What a wonderful bird ... and I like his hairstyler indeed!
Your experiment looks very successful and shows Artrage stunning likeness to real, thick, brushstroked paintings!

AndreaMG

03-13-2017, 06:32 AM

You've achieves some affects here with the interaction of impasto and appearance of canvas that I did not think were possible with ArtRage... care to share any tips?
Sure, the impasto effect is obtained both over the canvas or under it with the intent of adding more realism without worrying too much about messing the painting, the interaction with the impasto is achieved with pastels I think :confused::)

wow not THAT is PAINTING... really a super work AndreaMG...:cool::cool:
Super thanks Dear Gary! :o

What a wonderful bird ... and I like his hairstyler indeed!
Your experiment looks very successful and shows Artrage stunning likeness to real, thick, brushstroked paintings!
Eheh thank you my friend :o

AndreaMG

03-13-2017, 06:37 AM

An old one a bit tweaked in order to have a mach the contrast and palette of the others; I also cropped/expanded all my other paintings to the 4:5 aspect ratio with the same purpose :cool: Oh I also integrated some textures to make it more interesting (I saw this artist http://www.mattiassnygg.com/tutorials/artrage/artrage.htm doing it and liked very much the effect :o)

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gxhpainter

03-13-2017, 07:29 AM

D Akey

03-14-2017, 12:49 AM

Wow. That's what I call a controlled backslide. . . right into her ever-loving arms. I don't recall you posting this one before. It looks great. Love the technique and of course she looks gorgeous.

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Caesar

03-16-2017, 02:29 AM

I don't know Your model here, but this painting and style is really .... shabby-chic, I'd say!
I love very much the support looking like an antiqued, stained, sort of vellum or coarse tracing paper.

AndreaMG

03-20-2017, 05:36 AM

Beautiful painterly effects...what you have coaxed out of the digital realm is pretty amazing!... I think I is great and helpful to
revisit some work and re-engineer it a bit and with digital that is always possible...:cool::cool::cool: great work again!..
Haha thank you so much!!! ;):o

Wow. That's what I call a controlled backslide. . . right into her ever-loving arms. I don't recall you posting this one before. It looks great. Love the technique and of course she looks gorgeous.

Haha thanks Dear D!, she was the girl with the bike ;):)

I don't know Your model here, but this painting and style is really .... shabby-chic, I'd say!
I love very much the support looking like an antiqued, stained, sort of vellum or coarse tracing paper.
Thank you Dear Cesare, She's British actress Imogen Poots :):o

AndreaMG

03-20-2017, 05:38 AM

Another one cropped and re-tweaked (thank you Sarah :o):

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Zeropainter

03-21-2017, 10:34 AM

very impressive ;) cool artwork

gxhpainter

03-21-2017, 10:50 AM

ooh , she looks deadly with that thoughtful glance. I like the dry glazing you did in the light neutral tone, I have been attracted to the the idea recently, using more neutral tones to offset small amounts of bright color.... that concept must be traveling in the ether right now:rolleyes::rolleyes::cool::cool::cool:

Caesar

03-23-2017, 01:23 AM

Haha thank you so much!!! ;):o

Haha thanks Dear D!, she was the girl with the bike ;):)

Thank you Dear Cesare, She's British actress Imogen Poots :):o

Imogen Poots! WOW what a deliciously onomatopeic name, like a car klakson sound coming from gently squeezing her tits ... LOL;):o Actually I've never been too much politically correct and worried to erroneously seem direspectful and machist.

Can we poot also this last vampirella?

D Akey

03-23-2017, 07:28 AM

What a great face. Those eyes especially look natural in this stylized, painterly painting.

Remarkable ability to get them to breathe through the gauze of the paint style. Very vital.

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AndreaMG

03-27-2017, 08:35 AM

very impressive ;) cool artwork
Thank you!! :)

ooh , she looks deadly with that thoughtful glance. I like the dry glazing you did in the light neutral tone, I have been attracted to the the idea recently, using more neutral tones to offset small amounts of bright color.... that concept must be traveling in the ether right now:rolleyes::rolleyes::cool::cool::cool:
Hehe thank you my friend :o ciao

Imogen Poots! WOW what a deliciously onomatopeic name, like a car klakson sound coming from gently squeezing her tits ... LOL;):o Actually I've never been too much politically correct and worried to erroneously seem direspectful and machist.
Can we poot also this last vampirella?
Haha you naughty boy :o Ciau ne

What a great face. Those eyes especially look natural in this stylized, painterly painting.
Remarkable ability to get them to breathe through the gauze of the paint style. Very vital.
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Thank you my friend! :):):cool: ciao

L Skylar Brown

03-27-2017, 09:36 AM

You have a wonderful process. Great Stuff!

AndreaMG

04-02-2017, 10:03 AM

Thank you Skylar :o

AndreaMG

04-02-2017, 10:06 AM

Two other retouched paintings :)

I'm not THAT shy

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Baby Avril

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Zeropainter

04-03-2017, 05:32 AM

your last two artworks are awsome too :o

D Akey

04-03-2017, 06:05 AM

Boy, Andrea, if you ever printed this stuff out and had them framed, your walls would dazzle.

Very nice paintings. Interesting concepts visually too. Love the variations.

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AndreaMG

04-03-2017, 08:29 AM

your last two artworks are awsome too :o
Thank you Zeropainter :o

Boy, Andrea, if you ever printed this stuff out and had them framed, your walls would dazzle.

Very nice paintings. Interesting concepts visually too. Love the variations.

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Haha thank you Dear D :cool::cool:

Caesar

04-05-2017, 09:32 PM

Full maturity of style and art now. It's time for a public exhibition of Your paintings (prints), maybe also a tour and a place in Rome too ...

DarkOwnt

04-06-2017, 12:47 AM

Awesome work. Your subjective sense of what makes a female face beautiful is remarkably close to mine... or those are just some incredibly beautiful people to everyone.

Had a crazy thought. Feel free to discard if it is not useful to you. I see that you tend to use reference photos of real people... and they are all very stunning, but reality has its constraints....

A little backstory: Around the time of the release of the Lord of the Rings movies I was playing with image morphing software... and it struck me... in the books Galadriel (played by Cate Blanchett) and Arwen (Liv Tyler) are related... Galadriel being Arwen's grandmother. Out of curiosity I decided to take a screen grab of Arwen's face and one of Galadriel's face, and generate a 50-50 image - morphing software morphs both color information and geometry - to create a NEW face which is an actual exact average between the originals... a face which lies directly between the two. It was a nice face, clear and realistic, although because the "parents" are so familiar, my mind kept going back and forth, "it looks like Liv... but it looks like Cate... but it looks like Liv". I have on a few occasions done this again combining two faces when I think they would make an interesting "cross". The new faces were always interesting and even when I used more than 2 (combined one set of 2 and another set of 2 to make an average of 4) the results were always a "convergence" of the set... lying inside the "face space" defined by them - the averaging process cannot create outliers- which is a good thing since I liked the original faces.

So to wrap up... if you have a few favorite faces, perhaps on either side (in face space) of an ideal face, or are just looking for ways to create reference faces which inspire you, morphing software (there are free ones which are quite effective) is one way you can predictably and reliably create your own new and original faces (not as restrained by reality) for references.