Johnny Cash Portrait
Finished this about a week ago. I'd like to do more portraits, I found this a very enjoyable, but at the same time frustrating, experience. Frustrating because I think my mind is so emersed in caricature, that I felt like I was fighting those urges all the way. The fun thing about painting this was searching for the colours, and using as many as possible to get the values I wanted. Also there were lots of interesting turning points that got me to how it looks now. The background was originally a darkish orange, but I felt the face was getting lost in it, so I wanted something that would compliment the colours of the face. I started with a lighter (but neutral) blue, then to give the composition depth, and to highlight the cigarette-holding hand (for me that's where the story is, and where his eyes are now looking, in the reference they look beyond the cigarette) I added the darker blue-grey. It's had some interesting responses so far (mainly positive thankfully), let me know what you think. It's acrylic on canvas 100cm x 70cm.
Oh, and I'm working on a couple of caricatures now, so to all the caricature fans, those will be following soon!
Comments
felicitaciones gracias por tu trabajo
Kudos Paul!
Truly inspirational!!
you did a fantastic job on the rendering, a bit reminiscent of Kruger in the level of detail.
Love the colour scheme.
Your attention to value has really paid off here in the re-creation of textures and tone. His hair really has that oily feel to it, which contrasts so well against the skin of his face. Then there's the cotton of his shirt and the emotional clenching of his hand, I'm just drinking it all in. Applause!