Hey Carl, in de House. . .
Carl: I read your initial text several times, and looked at the photos.
You didn't say if you were still working on the piece or whether
you were finished with it.
Re the violet, or as some call that colour, purple hair and facial hair as well,
I like it when a figure modeler is willing to go down the fork in the road, and
travel the area less familiar. I think that Mike Mehan. . . Sorry Mike, but I
have misspelled your name, my friend. . . is really into this kind of thinking
outside the box. So I applaud you for giving this different kind of hair
treatment a go. How do we learn if we are not willing to take chances???
But since I do not know if you're completely finished with the presentation, I
hesitate to make the following comments, as you may not be finished, and
actually I don't think you are as I look at the arch behind the figure and the
way the blue does not blend into the other lighter colour. My point is that
I want to see some of those colours used for the leather, (and BTW, the
way you have rendered the leather is so wonderful. I can not do that, but I
get excited to know that there are you and others who can get that subtle
and sophisticated with painting all those worn shades and tones on the
leather) show up in the painting of the cobblestone street and in the raised
masonry w/ arch behind the figure. To me, those areas are crying for more
colour harmony. . which I think requires the blue shades and two other
colours that work well with the blue, that are also present on the figure.
For me, I try to follow the rule in large areas, that those areas should
have three basic different colours. Not one, with just lighter shades of that
same colour.
Hope I am NOT way out in left field here, mate. . . even though the USA
Baseball series is over, and St. Louis won. . .
Inquiring minds want to know. . . Will there be news at Eleven???
Ricardo Jayhawker
