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Sep 14, 2019
Media: Oil on board
Size: 8x6 in
BPortrait Deliberate Practice Series 104/250. "AFTER THE STORM 4", 6" x 8", oil on board. After working for the homeless for 9 years of my life at St Mungo's, I developed a deep relationship with the homeless and the whole homelessness theme. I was able to understand homelessness from a different point of view. The most profound statement I heard that changed my perspective was..."there's only a thin line separating any of us from being homeless at any given point in our lives." This statement with the numerous first hand stories I have heard of what makes people homeless changed me forever. I now see beyond the surface and connect with the soul. When I represent a homeless person in a painting it's the soul that I hope comes through when people look at the face. Once I encountered this particular guy, I knew at once that I'd love to push my ability to move thick paint around with this particular piece, I used the inside-out technique, where I start from one spot on the face and continue to navigate around the rest of the face till the whole piece is complete, it's a shape by shape, brushstroke by brushstroke technique. This journey of deliberately practicing portraits has really given me so much confidence to experiment with different techniques and I'm now being able to play around with thick colour fearlessly. The journey continues. Once again, if you'll love to be part of this series send me a message too. #250portraitchallenge BPortrait Deliberate Practice Series 104/250. "AFTER THE STORM 4", 6" x 8", oil on board. After working for the homeless for 9 years of my life at St Mungo's, I developed a deep relationship with the homeless and the whole homelessness theme. I was able to understand homelessness from a different point of view. The most profound statement I heard that changed my perspective was..."there's only a thin line separating any of us from being homeless at any given point in our lives." This statement with the numerous first hand stories I have heard of what makes people homeless changed me forever. I now see beyond the surface and connect with the soul. When I represent a homeless person in a painting it's the soul that I hope comes through when people look at the face. Once I encountered this particular guy, I knew at once that I'd love to push my ability to move thick paint around with this particular piece, I used the inside-out technique, where I start from one spot on the face and continue to navigate around the rest of the face till the whole piece is complete, it's a shape by shape, brushstroke by brushstroke technique. This journey of deliberately practicing portraits has really given me so much confidence to experiment with different techniques and I'm now being able to play around with thick colour fearlessly. The journey continues. Once again, if you'll love to be part of this series send me a message too. #250portraitchallenge |
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