Francis Bacon (Wip) By Red Dust
Second Layer Of Paint
“The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.” ― Francis Bacon, The Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon
I have to fix the right facing eye, it's kind of popping out and not laying back in the head and I think I need to adjust the height so both eyes align correctly. When I finish this little problem, I am off to add all the weird details to this painting. When I paint I don't like to talk and write too much so it might seem like I have disappeared from Steemit. When my blog shows no activity you can figure I am painting, I won't be around to up vote your post and have some lovely dialogue I enjoy so much!
Right now this painting looks conservative but it's going to get hippy-dippy, fractalishes. I will be adding the traditional design to Lord Bacon's coat but everything else is not what it seems.
This is my last WIP for this piece.
Lawyer, Academic, Scientist (1561–1626)
I can't wait to do his lacy collar, I've never painted lace before! Right now all you can see is a little bit of shadowing. I will add more shadow and then take white gouache over the darkened color to give the look of lace. I figure this process work the best. Add the shadows first and then add the light patterns. You can do this with gouache but you can't do dark to light when working with straight watercolor. For light colors in a watercolor one has to leave that area light colored and paint around it. It's a pain in the neck when working with small details so I said screw that, I am using gouache.
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Great job... I hope my friend @frankbacon sees this!!!
I am sure @frankbacon is keeping an eye on me, I think we are connected through visions. lolololol
Something like that ; )
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hahaha, I knew it ...I am in awe of your psychic digital powers @frankbacon
Hahahah........throughly you guys are. Infact he sends his regards. Just spoke with him not long ago...lol
Lol....he is currently laughing his luxurious grave....saying @reddust "you did a good painting of me"
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It's coming along nicely; you've done a really good job with the skin tones, those are never easy! (at least for me, ha) I can't wait to see what you're going to add, sounds like its going to get pretty "out there".....
I am the same; i've been working on some new art and a new video and have pretty much disappeared off here, at least compared to how much I am normally on! Looking forward to seeing what is to come for Bacon.
I turned the traditional painting on its head, I won't be done with the details until probably the end of this coming week. It's got a ton of detail....
I will check out your blog today to see if you have something new up...I don't know if I will be posting much this weekend. I'm busy writing reports for scotfest and finishing this painting. I do have an article to post tomorrow I promised to write. So yeah we are both kinda busy lolol
I just so happened to post my first ever "speedpaint" video! I'm pretty happy with it, I guess lol I'm also going to be posting a "slow paint" video where I play it at real time and give some commentary on what i'm doing (not that you would need it, that's for sure!).
I'm eyeing that lace around his neck and can't wait to see how you render it; i've noticed with your work you are very, very good at small detail type of stuff so I am confident you will make the lace look great. It is something I would look at and think "hmm...I wonder how I can avoid the lace, but in an artsy kind of way so it doesn't look like i'm actually trying to avoid the lace..."
I keep driving by the art store and I keep forgetting to stop in and get some gouche.
I will be over to check out your video, I did some speed paint videos and enjoyed watching myself work through a painting in a matter of minutes. But my video editing software is awful, it’s iMovie that come with preloaded software package for macs. I stopped mak8ng the videos until I can upgrade to new non Mac software.
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Here is my first layer of gouache, it’s a labor of love, I really like reading about Francis Bacon, his life, work and all the cool conspiracies surrounding him.
Woooooow. Seriously, that lace is AMAZING. wow. oh man, I can't wait to see the final product! You should be very, very proud of how that is turning out! This is why I love seeing work in progress pictures because, as you know, I've never used gouache, but seeing this opens up so many new ways of thinking how I could do things different in my own art - seeing how other artists do things is so helpful; we're able to pick and choose things that work well and have never thought of or had never tried before. Putting in that grey layer underneath was so smart to really make the white gouache pop. The shading is so good! Wow. masterpiece in the works!
I use Adobe Premier Pro for my editing, which is probably overkill but it does do a good job.
I can't wait to see your hippy-dippy version of Francis Bacon portrait ^_^
His hat is out of this world. Thank you @silviabeneforti!
This a really great drawing like mind blown
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You are extremely talented and inspiring.😍 Its awesome Art. 😊
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This is really distinctive. I glistened Madam. Thank you for all this
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Francis Bacon , a famous name . I heard for a long time . Now , I feel with your art . Thank
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