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Representation in terms of angle, proportion, size and colour is. of course, the primary importance - but feeling and atmosphere, the ghostly, not-quite-definable qualities of a portrait, are what truly capture the subject and give the initial impact.
I've already completed a portrait of Ann, for which I will release a blog entry soon, painted from an indoor scene. This a study of her in an outdoor light. There is no heavily glint of light from the corneas and her shiny indoor complexion reacts with the light differently in the sunshine. It picks up lovely colours in her skin tone.
"I didn't want to relinquish the crudeness that was bestowed upon the painting with the thumb and finger painting. I think it adds a charm"
