Hands 28 - Oil Painting
Thank goodness for old tech. I always keep at least one old computer around for emergencies if my main computer goes down. I also have a number of USB sticks that will boot up into a fully functioning Linux system. So I always have a few tools to save the day. But alas, the hard drive died, so I've ordered a new one and I'm awaiting its delivery.
I certainly notice the difference when I don't have my favourite tools to use.
Thankfully, painting isn't prone to such tool failure. A brush does what it does, without power, with upgrades, or crashes. Their lifespan goes even beyond their initial shop fresh beauty. Even the old battle worn brushes have a use. It's times like these that I'm so glad to have taken a step back from technology and working with it for a living, and committed myself to something decidedly more low tech.
Life can be so simple if we choose.
"Hands 28", Leo Plaw, 30 x 24cm, oil on canvas
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I totally agree with you: thanks goodness for old tech! Watching this painting I repeat more and more thanks goodness that brushes are not prone to tool failure. Wonderful piece, really impressive!
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Cheers Silvia!
The more complex a thing becomes, the more prone it is to failure. There's not much that can go wrong with hairs bound to a stick.
Amazing painting @leoplaw Your art is so classic !! I hope you share your skill of drawing and anatomy in this nTopaz contest
Thank you @livvu!
As always - excellent :)
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Thank you good Sir! =)
Amazing painting again!
Thank you Maysi!
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Very nice @leoplaw <3 I love the way you paint skin tone, as you know :) That slight purple tinge really creates a wonderful fleshiness * ___ *
Something is off with the index finger? Or maybe it's just me? It seems too short compared to the other fingers...
Nope, my fingers are actually that short. ;-)
I work from photo reference and measured the proportions. It's accurate.
🎉 Congratulations @leoplaw! 👏, your amazing Artwork has been selected to be featured in my curation post.
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