New Painting: "Self Portrait at 39"
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 1:53AM
Self Portrait at 39
12 x 16 inches, oil on panel
I have been working on this self portrait for the last couple of months. It was an interesting challenge to take the same process I use for still-life and apply it to a self portrait.
The painting is an homage to an 18th century German-born painter I recently discovered named Christian Seybold (1697-1768). I find his painting of a woman in a green veil particularly stunning. I was thrilled to see how he created extremely fine realist surface detail, supported by a structural understanding of the underlying form, and I tried to emulate this. I also took inspiration from the scale and cropping of the portrait, the fur collar, and the paintbrush tucked behind one ear.
I’ll be posting the initial drawing and all the stages of the painting as a slideshow soon. Here are some close-ups:
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Reader Comments (13)
This is a stunningly beautiful painting . Thank you for sharing this. I am awaiting the slideshow - Congratulations - Nadia
God job. Very god job.
Incredibly beautiful!
Amazing translucency and color! Thanks so much for sharing the process!
Sadie- It is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it!
Sadie, breathtakingly beautiful!
Very beautiful Sadie.
Sadie,
Rich and beautiful - we are running out of words...thank you for keeping me inspired!
Connie
It is so inspiring to see your paintings and skill grow and improve. It helps me believe in the future of my own art. Thanks.
Thank you, everyone! Will keep you posted about the slideshow, coming soon!
This is amazing Sadie! I love it!
Sadie, Love the light!
Congratulations. Worth of old masters...I love your paintings and respect you. Wish you alll the best. Lidija