Thursday, August 18, 2011

Cherub

Cherub   12x16 Oil on wood panel  SOLD
 
Using the classical style of painting and lighting (single light source) this took several days, and a decision at the end was to leave the background as is or fill it in with burnt Umber.
I thought I was being lazy by not finishing but I like the effect.
What do you think?

3 comments:

  1. Looks good to me like that I think all dark would make it look to sad!

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  2. This must have been a bit difficult, not many colours I think you did
    the right thing having a lighter border pops the picture out more.

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  3. looking forward to your next picture

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