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Lady with Bowed Head 5×7 Oil Painting on Canvas – By Winifred Whitfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I’m “busting loose” with these 3 paintings. I remember watching painters on YouTube as they confidently placed individual brush strokes to create form color and texture. Really, they place one brushstroke then step back 6 to 10 feet to observe, then walk back to the easel to place another. They didn’t smooth, or “lick the paint” it is called, when dabbing at the paint un-assuredly, to try achieve a form. I so wanted to be able to do achieve that. Well, I must say I’m getting closer. These paintings were really fun. The idea is that at a point in time, decide your objective – perhaps to add a shadow under the chin – then put down a stroke and leave it alone. Then place another discrete stroke. Don’t keep dabbing at it trying to fix it or make it “pretty”. Don’t blend the color – allow the paint to be paint. Show the brushstrokes. I love the juicy paint texture. Well, that’s what I did with these paintings anyway. I find them exciting and energetic. I didn’t step back 6 feet after a single brushstroke but I may try that. I also found that by the time I got to the third painting I found myself trying to refine too much, I was being drawn back into concern to create a likeness, when that was not my original objective. It has actually been a longer learning journey to paint in this fashion than to paint in a super realistic fashion. After all, If I want the likeness of a person in a photograph, I have most of the information right in front of me. These paintings require an abstracted interpretation of the photo, and a level of confidence in each abstract brushstroke. I’ll be trying more in the future – and larger – after I finish a more traditional portrait which I’ve almost finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever you chose to celebrate, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL. Winifred<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lady with Long Braids 5×7 Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lady with Black Scarf 5×7 Oil Painting by Winifred Whitfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>

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