At first glance today’s image (above) may look identical to yesterday’s (scroll down to compare) though many small changes have brought the figure of Tobias to a more satisfactory conclusion. Look closely and you’ll see that tonal adjustments today have helped the definition of the figure against the background. The boy’s back has been broadened along the bow-like curve under his right arm. The neck has been repainted, the blue light on it replaced with a warmer colour. The hair too has been slightly re-worked. There is also a new, irradiated patch defining the left edge of the open jacket. Small changes and perhaps not obvious without careful examination, but I can breathe more easily in front of the painting having made them.
I love “spotting the difference”
and the blackbirds
and the line of hair (which one)
Clearly not the line of hair you’re looking at Miszek! (-;
Good work on the boy’s back. It makes the shoulder look less dislocated – having said that I hadn’t realised that until you reworked it! Hah such an expert! The softer colour on his neck gives much more of a gentle glow to the boy. and I like the hair, less monasterial, have I just made that word up…j
mon·as·ter·y
n. pl. mon·as·ter·ies
1. A community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion.
2. The dwelling place of such a community.
monas·teri·al adj.
As you see, it is a perfectly good word, though perhaps a more hair-specific one would be ‘tonsured’. (-;
The color on the back of neck and closely cropped hair, beautifully luminous.
Thank you Leonard. Today’s work was hellishly frustrating. Everything kept slipping away from me… like trying to herd cats… and there was much sanding back and re-painting to very little effect. Then right at the end of the session, more by luck than good judgement, suddenly everything started to work. Big relief! Tomorrow I need to move on and make faster progress. Trees and a waterfall I think.