INTENSITYCITY

For the Letsdrawsherlock :)

I didn’t want to overlap others who’ve already drawn J. C. Leyendecker’s famous paintings so I hope people don’t mind me drawing something that’s not as ‘famous’. ;v; I also made John wear a sailor suit instead of a dress hehe;;

I got some very nice feedback on the recent post with the “Equinox” portrait of Alexander Nussbaum and in response to a messaging chat I’m posting some WIP pics about glaze paints.

That red was achieved by underpainting the curtain in caput mortuum and cadmium orange (Masterclass), and going over it in a very thinly applied layer of Madder Rose Light (Van Gogh, Royal Talens).  It glows IRL like velvet, and I’d never have come up with that idea (of glaze painting red) on my own.  

The silk damask was underpainted turquoise and pewter grey, and then glazed in transparent umber green (Rembrandt, Royal Talens) to “stain” it a more neutral color that would set off Alex’s blue clothes by kindly receding.  Naples yellow highlights were added to the design, later.  It’s not finished, but looks like this now:

Some Self Portraits by Women Artists:

Sofonisba Anguissola (Italian, 1530-1625), Self Portrait at the Easel Painting a Devotional Panel, 1556

Judith Leyster (Dutch, 1609-1660), Self Portrait, ca. 1630

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842), Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, after 1782

Marie-Gabrielle Capet (French, 1761-1818), Self Portrait, c. 1783

Zinaida Serebriakova (Russian, 1884-1967), At the Dressing Table - Self Portrait, 1909

Nasta Rojc (Croatian, 1883-1964), Self Portrait, 1912

Tamara de Lempika (Polish, 1898-1980), Self Portrait in the Green Bugatti, 1925

Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1908-1996), Self Portrait with Scorpion, 1938

Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954), Self Portrait, 1945