Quick life painting & longer portrait

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Thomasin,
I have seen these two works on your website and passed some time admiring your skill.
The boy is very energetic and immediate, but there is something that I find not convincing in the shape of the head and the location of the year that I would have liked to see prioritized in respect to other parts, for example the eyebrow. I mean that in my opinion, considering the short time, those indications would have been important to put down. I presume the cartoon just finished...
The other one instead is more elaborated with references to Freud's work. As usual the flesh is very present and real, and the structure of the head is as important her gaze.
The roughness and relentessness of the your canvas surface always reminds us that the painting is there and present, and not only we are staring at the image but also at the process of its working, and talks about the perennial negotiation between flatness and three-dimentionality.
Ilaria

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

The roughness and relentessness of the your canvas surface always reminds us that the painting is there and present, and not only we are staring at the image but also at the process of its working, and talks about the perennial negotiation between flatness and three-dimentionality.
Ilaria

This is so inspiring! Thank-you Ilaria!

[Sharon Knettell]

Lovely slurpy paint quality.

I applaud you trying to paint the impossible. However before the advent of cameras, the rich and famous were always desirous of having their precious little ones painted.

I am sure they must have sweated it out, so this is great practice if you ever want to do paintings of children for pay or fun (?) that have this spontaneous quality.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Sharon, thank-you! Sorry for the very late response. I have just been going through the paintings from life section and saw that, very rudely, I hadn't replied to you here.

I building up to doing another painting of my son from life - hopefully not quite so quick as this one. (I wish I could download Linda Brandon to look over my shoulder and encourage me onwards!).

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Your work is always unique and beautiful.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Thanks Claudemir. Your comments are very much appreciated!