tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post9029581976175807696..comments2024-03-28T03:44:28.896-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Ilya ShinshikJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-88543668577529676442011-06-20T10:54:06.320-04:002011-06-20T10:54:06.320-04:00Moish, As I recall, I took the pose again, shot ph...Moish, As I recall, I took the pose again, shot photo reference with a self timer, and also looked through my photo file for the face type.<br /><br />James, keeping the Self-Critique-O-Meter tuned is super important. You don't want to be too self critical, or it's paralyzing, but one can't ever be completely satisfied.<br /><br />Wouter, yes, another great Russian painter. How about Isaac LeviShrep?<br /><br />Tom, I usually start with a small palette of fairly transparent colors (say yellow ochre, permanent alizarin, burnt sienna, viridian and ultramarine) and then if I need to I build up opaques. Oil is nice that way because you can go anywhere from thin to thick in the same painting.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-22912103792031012312011-06-20T10:33:23.427-04:002011-06-20T10:33:23.427-04:00James, I notice that you refer to the original ver...James, I notice that you refer to the original version as a transparent oil rendering. In your use of "transparency", are you referring here to the thickness of application, or to the transparent or opaque qualities of the individual colors? If the latter, does that mean you chose those colors specifically for that characteristic? This is making me think how rarely I consider a color's transparency (as in its inherent characterisic) when working with oils. (But maybe I work with colors that aren't at either extreme end of the transparency/opaque spectrum...)Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73934358346960317582011-06-20T03:47:04.007-04:002011-06-20T03:47:04.007-04:00Don't forget Isaac Levitan... I bet he's o...Don't forget Isaac Levitan... I bet he's one of your favorite russian painters as well. Yo u might as well call the character: Ilya Shisnitan ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897807283420655277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-18208163479576260432011-06-19T16:57:07.968-04:002011-06-19T16:57:07.968-04:00How does a painter develop and improve their abili...How does a painter develop and improve their ability to self-critique? How does someone learn to see their own drawings and paintings as if they weren't so "close" to them?James Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626977085862840924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-55805706606438645212011-06-19T11:31:45.324-04:002011-06-19T11:31:45.324-04:00I like how you did not just change the outfit &...I like how you did not just change the outfit & add a beard, but rather changed the person. The second fellow has Russian features. Did you use a different model or photo reference for such a fundamental change?Moishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280161296344199794noreply@blogger.com