Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Letting it Be

When working alla prima, it takes faith to let a painting be, call it done and walk away.

Here's an early state of a piece I did a few weeks back during my Thursday night model session at Washington Drawing Center Brookland. It should have been the final state...with maybe a little more definition in the eyes...or maybe not.... See?

But because at this point I had close to two hours to go in the three-hour sitting, I pushed on. Though I like what I ended up with at the end of the session, I wish I had had the gumption to call it a night with the painting below.

State 3 of Brian, June 11 (oil on board, 12" x 16", 2015)

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