#oil portrait
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Julian, 2018, oil on canvas, 9x12in.
Julian K. Jarboe is a writer and sound designer living in Salem, Massachusetts.
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I’m currently painting this oil piece based on a digital painting I did a year ago for Valentines as well, using my two characters “Calestis” and “Adeimos” from my project. I was SOOO excited to start this because it’s gonna be the second time ever that I paint two characters in one illustration with quite lots of details using oils. Aaand not to mention, using warm tone colour palette which I’m not that used to with my traditional art. As you can see by swiping to the next photos, I had to gesso some parts of her body so I can start over fixing the mistakes… this is not something I usually do. But this time I want to do my BEST and I knew I can fix the mistakes so I went brave and just covered her up. Her anatomy was wonky af and thanks to @shin.doe@shinxmrfluffy for being the helpful, nice, and “tolerable” friend she is for helping me HAHAHA
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Lesson is, ask your friends first to get some input as they can see your work with different set of eyes. Second, don’t be afraid to start over if you know it’s worth it! And just like in life (pardon me if this sounds cheesy lol) you have to sometimes start over or give things a second chance. As LONG as you truly know it’s worth your time, energy, and emotions. Oh also last but not least that time + patience = precious quality
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. PS : do NOT use gesso on top of an oil painting because it could crack in time, so please be cautious about this. I’m doing this because I’m trying to experiment and I knew something sketchy might happen if I use gesso, but I really wanted to fix my painting. Oh well it’s okay since this is still a practice for me. Next will always be better! Forever learning, and thanks a lot @ayudasto for the help!
In this painting that Im making progress with, Im manifesting what I want to experience with all the beautiful colours I could create with the best of my capability. And oh yes Im eager to finish it but with patient and quality. So just like in our daily lives, we must be patient with our progress towards achieving whatever it is you desire, but of course with actions. When you work on something precious to you, don’t get desperate in trying to make it “perfect” because you’ll never finish it. So do your best, know what you want to do it, but let nature takes its own flow!
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A 2.5 hour oil portrait portrait painting from last Saturday of Bob. Done on 11 x 14 panel.
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Here is a portrait from life done in Meadow Gist’s class last week, of Hitomi. I don’t have my polarized light setup with me in America, so my photos are going to be glare-y and show a lot of canvas texture unfortunately. In real life it doesn’t look as rough textured.
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This is oil on Fredrix linen panel, 11x14, started from life and finished from a photo. I was working with subtle window lighting, as I lately find direct lighting too harsh for my tastes.
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Finally finished the big commission I have been working on the past few weeks. I had the honor of working with Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia who commissioned me to oil paint his great grandfather Prince Mohammad bin Abdulrahman, the brother of the first King Abdulaziz , and first Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. I was given a blurry 100 year old black and white reference photo, so I had to invent the details and the colors. I will do a post on how I did it later. This is an 18x24 oil painting done on Fredrix archival linen panel.
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An oil painting of my friend, done on a 11 x 14 Belgian Linen Fredrix panel. The fantasy was that I was going to paint it quickly in 2.5 hours, simulating a painting from life class. 22 hours later this is what came of it
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I’ve been working on a new painting project - a family portrait commission from the Britti Family in Atlanta. These are onlythe basic underpaintings - so far I’ve just blocked in color and added some texture to these smooth panels. I typically work on canvas which has significantly more tooth (surface texture) - so I’m not used to such a smooth surface that shows every brush stroke. Once these are dry I’ll go in and start adding more detail.
Each portrait is 18"x24" oil on gessoed Ampersand panel.
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There is an untitled oil portrait of someone in the Milwaukee Central Library. They’d like you to believe it’s a founder or some ex-board member, but it’s clearly Will Ferrell.
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gettin oily
thought it would be cool to upload all the progress pics i took over the course of 5 hours in one post
