Tamara I

Portraits. Retratos.

Portraits. Retratos.

As I said in my last post, I´m trying new painting experiences in order to look for some mystery through the color and brushstrokes. I gave more emphasis to the painting process than to the similarity with the model. In this case I limited my palette into blacks and whites but I couldn´t resist to add a touch of ocher.  I used titanium white, carmine red, emerald green and a touch of ocher. Since I love color, I thought it would be hard to work in this tones, but it got to be much faster and more gratifying. The color didn´t disturb to obtain my objective and I think the result  got to be even more powerful than in color.

Como ya comenté en mi última entrada, estoy experimentando con nuevas experiencias pictóricas para conseguir mayor misterio a través del color y la pincelada. Le di más importancia al proceso pictórico que a la similitud con el modelo. En este caso limité mi paleta a tonos grises aunque no pude resistirme a dar unos toques de ocre. Utilicé blanco titanio, rojo carmín, verde esmeralda, y un toque de ocre. Como me encanta el color pensé que me resultaría difícil trabajar en estos tonos pero resultó ser un mucho más rápido y gratificante. El color no me distraía del objetivo y creo que prescindir de él le otorgó un resultado más potente a la obra.

2 thoughts on “Tamara I

  1. Carol King

    I’ve been comparing this portrait with the color one. This one actually seems a little softer even though one would think black and white would be harsher. I think it may be because the eyes are slightly different. Nevertheless, both portraits are very strong. You do lovely portrait work.

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    1. Palmira G.Q. Post author

      Thank you for your comments Carol!! Pleased to receive feedback and see how each portrait is received by each person. Yes, the eyes are a bit different, maybe I should have had to payed more attention to the drawing…

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