“Self Portrait (Head Study Looking Down)” 12 × 12 inches, Oil on canvas panel
This is a handmade, original work of art NOT A PRINT and NOT AI GENERATED
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks This ships from San Carlos, California (The San Francisco Bay Area). I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
I'm not sure how I really look. Photos kind of get it, but I wanted to use as many ways of looking as I could. For these head studies, I took a series of selfies and set up some awkwardly placed mirrors so I could also work from life. I'm studying my own head to make more accurate self portraits for my Self Directed projects.
This 12 × 12 inch painting is part of my experiments with monochrome and earth-tone monochrome, imprimatura, and the wipe-out method. How much of the white gesso should I leave showing? How much should I cover? Those are questions I'm working through across these studies, along with how much information a brush mark needs to carry.
Here, pale gray and white strokes build the forehead, cheekbones, and nose against a dark background. The cooler grays sit alongside muted brown passages. The brush marks remain visible, changing direction as they describe the planes of the head. Some areas are more fully painted than others, so the surface lets you follow some of the decisions involved in making the image.
These studies give me a place to look closely at anatomy and experiment with how I paint it. I'm trying to understand my own head rather than relying on the familiar idea I have of my face.
This listing is for the single painting shown in the first image. The studio photographs also show other studies, which are not included.
“Self Portrait (Head Study Looking Down)” 12 × 12 inches, Oil on canvas panel
This is a handmade, original work of art NOT A PRINT and NOT AI GENERATED
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks This ships from San Carlos, California (The San Francisco Bay Area). I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
I'm not sure how I really look. Photos kind of get it, but I wanted to use as many ways of looking as I could. For these head studies, I took a series of selfies and set up some awkwardly placed mirrors so I could also work from life. I'm studying my own head to make more accurate self portraits for my Self Directed projects.
This 12 × 12 inch painting is part of my experiments with monochrome and earth-tone monochrome, imprimatura, and the wipe-out method. How much of the white gesso should I leave showing? How much should I cover? Those are questions I'm working through across these studies, along with how much information a brush mark needs to carry.
Here, pale gray and white strokes build the forehead, cheekbones, and nose against a dark background. The cooler grays sit alongside muted brown passages. The brush marks remain visible, changing direction as they describe the planes of the head. Some areas are more fully painted than others, so the surface lets you follow some of the decisions involved in making the image.
These studies give me a place to look closely at anatomy and experiment with how I paint it. I'm trying to understand my own head rather than relying on the familiar idea I have of my face.
This listing is for the single painting shown in the first image. The studio photographs also show other studies, which are not included.
