Dante bust finished at last!
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Lubitch
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I can only agree with others 
Beautiful and amazing rendition !
regards
Wojciech Lubicz-Lapinski
Beautiful and amazing rendition !
regards
Wojciech Lubicz-Lapinski
Anders Heintz
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Beautiful work all around Jay. From the flesh tones to the books its all nice and well done, looking forward to see this one in person in Atlanta!
Paul Kernan
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Jay:
Outstanding As the others have stated, the tomes for the base is brillliant. I also love the eyes and the rich mutes colours used for the clothing. Nothing garish, yet beautiful tones nonetheless. What mixes did you use for the eggplant and green?
Paul
Outstanding
As the others have stated, the tomes for the base is brillliant. I also love the eyes and the rich mutes colours used for the clothing. Nothing garish, yet beautiful tones nonetheless. What mixes did you use for the eggplant and green?Paul
Sambaman
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Arthur, Allen, John, Keith, Wojciech, Artur, xenofon, Paul, many, many thanks for looking and all the kind words! Anders, I'm REALLY looking forward to Atlanta, see ya there! Thanks again guys!
Jay H.
OKC
Jay H.
OKC
Sambaman
A Fixture
Paul,
sory forgot to answer your questions. For the mixes, you'll have to forgive my shody descriptions here, but when I'm mixing I tend to throw in whatever's on the pallete sometimes. I use a very abriviated pallete of colors. The green is basically sap green, raw umber, titanium white, yellow ochre and probably a touch of paynes gray if it was on the pallete. I used titanium white to lighten the midtone and highlight. For the purple I used cad red, pthalo blue and or paynes gray a touch of titanium white and raw umber. The raw umber works well to "tone down" the colors, that's to say it tends to make the colors a bit muddy, but used in moderation it does a great job of "graying" down certain color mixes. Sorry for the less than acurate description. HTH,
Jay H.
OKC
sory forgot to answer your questions. For the mixes, you'll have to forgive my shody descriptions here, but when I'm mixing I tend to throw in whatever's on the pallete sometimes. I use a very abriviated pallete of colors. The green is basically sap green, raw umber, titanium white, yellow ochre and probably a touch of paynes gray if it was on the pallete. I used titanium white to lighten the midtone and highlight. For the purple I used cad red, pthalo blue and or paynes gray a touch of titanium white and raw umber. The raw umber works well to "tone down" the colors, that's to say it tends to make the colors a bit muddy, but used in moderation it does a great job of "graying" down certain color mixes. Sorry for the less than acurate description. HTH,
Jay H.
OKC
moore
A Fixture
Hi Jay,
I really like the colors you choose, like everyeone has said
the shades and highlights are really fantastic.
I hope to meet you in Atlanta next year.
Best Regards
Dee
I really like the colors you choose, like everyeone has said
the shades and highlights are really fantastic.
I hope to meet you in Atlanta next year.
Best Regards
Dee
Sambaman
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Stephen, Dee,
many thanks for the kind words.
Dee, I am beside myself wating for the trip to Atlanta. It will be my first trip to Georgia and my first time to that show. Heck, it's the first show outside of Tulsa I will have the opportunity to attend. I hope to meet all sorts of folks there. I will be sure to introduce myself when there. Thanks again!
Jay H.
OKC
many thanks for the kind words.
Dee, I am beside myself wating for the trip to Atlanta. It will be my first trip to Georgia and my first time to that show. Heck, it's the first show outside of Tulsa I will have the opportunity to attend. I hope to meet all sorts of folks there. I will be sure to introduce myself when there. Thanks again!
Jay H.
OKC
Sambaman
A Fixture
Jerry,
you are too kind. Thanks for the kind words!
Jay H.
OKC
you are too kind. Thanks for the kind words!
Jay H.
OKC
Paul Kernan
A Fixture
Not at all. You have given me enough to get going with. Thanks and again, great job.
Sambaman
A Fixture
JP, thanks for the compliment. The books were a hoot to do!
Paul, glad I could help out!
Jay H.
OKC
Paul, glad I could help out!
Jay H.
OKC
Sambaman
A Fixture
Christos,
many thanks for the kind comments!
Jay H.
OKC
many thanks for the kind comments!
Jay H.
OKC
Dan Morton
A Fixture
Jay - I love the blended shading without (as Luca pointed out) loss of contrast. How do you do that? Superb colors! Great job!
All the best,
Dan
All the best,
Dan
Sambaman
A Fixture
Dan, first of all..thanks!
As far as the shading goes, I guess it starts with something that technically shouldn't be done ("over blending"). I really like to apply the colors and move them around a lot! I like the act of physically blending the colors together on the figure. I guess I don't really over-blend as I get just the results I want, but I also don't use the classical technique of laying down the colors right next to each other, and blending just the edges. I really like the "painterly" aspect of blending and the physical act of moving the colors and blending the colors together. I split the figure into parts, as to say, I only paint part of a shirt or jacket lets say at at a time. I work my shadows, midtones and highlights in that area before I move any further with those colors. So I am concentrating on only a small part of each particular section at a time. This lets me blend until I'm satisfied in just that part. I hope that makes sense!
WOW! Sorry for the long diatribe. Thanks for looking!
Jay H.
OKC
As far as the shading goes, I guess it starts with something that technically shouldn't be done ("over blending"). I really like to apply the colors and move them around a lot! I like the act of physically blending the colors together on the figure. I guess I don't really over-blend as I get just the results I want, but I also don't use the classical technique of laying down the colors right next to each other, and blending just the edges. I really like the "painterly" aspect of blending and the physical act of moving the colors and blending the colors together. I split the figure into parts, as to say, I only paint part of a shirt or jacket lets say at at a time. I work my shadows, midtones and highlights in that area before I move any further with those colors. So I am concentrating on only a small part of each particular section at a time. This lets me blend until I'm satisfied in just that part. I hope that makes sense!
WOW!
Sorry for the long diatribe. Thanks for looking!Jay H.
OKC
