AndreaMG's Gallery ✟ Joan of Arc ✟

[Caesar]

I got enchanted by Your last portrait and almost felt like Stendhal (under his syndrome attack, I mean).
I don't know if I discovered a main trick You masterfully use, but it looks like you use also color loaded hard blending knife. Am I completely wrong?
Affare fatto! OK per il derby, prendetene pure uno, ma fateci fuori Roma e Napoli in cambio quando li affronterete!

[AndreaMG]

Thank you Dear MKROOT

Thank you Dear Caesar, you're right, I used the loaded knife, here is how I do it: first with brushes and the knife tool I create the base which must be fairly accurate in terms of both color and value, then I choose the zones where to apply those squares, this is a bit tricky though because you're biginning to abstract things and you have to pay attention to the overal look and you have also to pick the color of the loaded knife wisley since it will at the same time mix and blend the colors underneath. Forza Toro e Juve. Ciau ne

[Caesar]

I wonder how You would look in a self potrait with this style then ...

[AndreaMG]

Haha, better not, besides I like as it is, a perfect cresima look like photo with a faint saint aura as you rightfully pointed out sometime ago my dear friend

[coops]

Another super painting Andrea

[AndreaMG]

Another super thank you Dear Katie

[AndreaMG]

Just for fun ^^



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[stevemawmv]

'Avril Lisa'.....Love it! Beautifully done and fun.....Blows me away!
Love that hair and how the background fits so perfectly.
Also love her eyes and lips....just like another painting I admire.
Take care,
Steve

[D Akey]

I'm with Steve. The associations with Mona Lisa are there to my eye as well. . . however, I love the chiseled stroke technique and her hair is wonderful, as if her hair has cascades of rainbows. It's interesting also that from this I get the notion that they used in old movies and books too probably, that to show someone as being immortal, to see multiple portraits done over the centuries of the same person -- different contexts, different styles of clothing and make-up, different artist's hands, etc. Feels like you're playing with her for sure, creating a mystique. Super painting as always, and innovative too.

[AndreaMG]

Thank you Dear Steve, the background is actually Leonardo's only scaled and manipulated by me, I think it integrates with the portrait well too, actually at the beginning that wasn't the idea but her stance were reminding of something so I decided to add it later on and integrate it. "Av-Lisa" haha I like it. Thanks for the nice words and for stopping by. Take care Dear friend ^^

Thank you Dear D, glad you find her hair interesting, it is still difficult for me to render it properly. Thanks for commenting and for you kind words