Figure Painting of Chol -- updated

This painting is evolving each week, as it should. Previously, I added a running shoe on the bottom right side to add a bit more balance to the composition. To keep the viewer's eye in the painting, I decided to point the shoe towards Chol's right foot, rather the outwards towards the painting's edge.  Colour continues to be a bit of a struggle. In the setup, much of what I see is a cool grey, with only shades of warmth appearing to me in the deepest shadows, especially on the left side, closest to a gas fireplace I keep going.  This week, I brightened up the background in the top left, which seems to help the figure pop forward more. I also concentrated on modelling the hands and feet for the first time and when those areas are dry next week, I'll continue until they're done.


From Saturday Feb 18:

From the previous week,  Feb 11:

Cold-Warm Figure Painting -- Updated

The image below is from my sixth session Feb 15th.  In this exercise, the skin tones are primarily warm (Venetian Red + Flake White) with grey added in areas to cool them down. I just finished the stomach/chest area last Wednesday, which followed the previous week's attempt to get the temperature of the legs right. The legs are relatively "cooler" than the stomach because they're picking up reflections of the (cool green) platform the model is sitting on.  The shadow area in the chest/stomach is more isolated (or in other words less influenced by the environment)  and so it has the warmest, most intense red.  I still have to model the feet and hands but in general I'm moving up, focussing on the warm vs. cool relationships.