Barb's mom, young and old.
A bit tricky to get this composition right,. I’m not sure I did, but I hope it does the trick for Barb.
Acrylic ,oil, a touch of pastel and coloured pencil. You can’t get much more of mixed media than that I guess.
Barb's mom, young and old. belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture and Realist Traditional Art
Jim Phillips
Well I think you did. This is a beautiful work Brian. I amazed how how kept the character lines in her face without making them just look like wrinkles. It is a very complimentary work. Excellent job.
Brian Towers replied
Thanks Jim, your comments are greatly appreciated.
BLYTHART
This is a fascinating concept and could start a new trend for such portraits. I hope you get some commission through this.
Brian Towers replied
Thanks Dave, but I’ll not hold my breath.
girlinthestars
wonderful!~*
GEORGE SANDERSON
Brilliant, Brian, the finished article is excelent !
Irene Burdell
Beautiful work.
BarbBarcikKeith
Now.. you see what I’ve done??? Created a monster I have.. at any rate.. composition excellent.. she’s a bit toooooo pink although that could just be from the scan/photo..
Her skin tone was olive.. (I know, the photos weren’t that great)
Brian Towers replied
When we look at a row of TV’s in a store they often show big differeneces in colour, contrast and definition; it’s the same with computers so what we see on ours might not corrorlate with others. But I do agree that in this case the image is too pink compared with the original. I’ll try to match up the photo with the painting and send it to you again Barb.
Hidemi Tada
wow. wow. wow breathtaking work! wonderful back! it is her young image? It is very well working.
Brian Towers replied
Three wows from you Hidemi is like getting five stars from a gourmet. Thank you.
Arie
A wonderful job Brian!! Terrific portrait and I think the composition is great! Well done.
Brian Towers replied
Very encouraging of you Arie, thanks.
JoAnnHayden
Stunning work, executed beautifuly
Brian Towers replied
If I get it wrong then I guess I might be executedly beautifully. Thanks JoAnn.
mikeloughlin
Very delicate work,beautiful.
Shanina Conway
Beautiful work Brian…lovely combination and gorgeous colours;)
Brian Towers replied
Thanks Shanina, you’re most kind.
Cherished
This is absolutely fantastic. I love how you have combined this Work of Art
Tom Godfrey
Well, the master is back with another master stroke – big pat on back, Sir Brian. Excellent!
Brian Towers replied
A master stroke is something I’m hoping to avoid Tom, but thanks for the generous ego-boosting comment.
Tom Godfrey
LOL …. caught on the horns of a pun or would that be a paradox? either way I love your sharp wit.
Colin Cartwright
The arrangement is visually striking. The semi transparent, young profile, is especialy effective as a background.
This is like a photoshop image using layers. Except it’s created the hard way – which requires talent!
Very fine work, Brian. I think you excel most at the portraits.
Brian Towers replied
I’ve got to confess to using Adobe and layers to plan out and see how the finished thing might look, but the finished aritcle is all paint and sweat. Actually, Colin, I often take a photo of an unfinished painting and use computer wizardry to see what various figures and changes might look like before committing to paint. Thanks for your very generous comments, and hope things are going well for you.
Thornburgart
Beautiful work Brian! You got it just right!! Back portrait “is” background and does not compeat with the fore. But still adds to the depth of the work!
Brian Towers replied
Coming from my favourite cowboy painter, that mean a lot Matthew, thanks.
David Stuart
This is very very cleverly done Brian and it works so well.
Brian Towers replied
Greaty appreciated David.
Arthur Law
The mixed medium has been used in and excellent way, well done Brian.
Brian Towers
Thanks Arthur. I suppose I just fish around for something which works best regardless of what medium. But isn’t it great to experiment? I first did that years ago when bringing back some lights by using pastel on watercolour – been doing it ever sinse.
Woodie
Another piece of brilliant artwork Brian.
Brian Towers
Thanks Neil. Glad to see you back in one piece and hope you enjoyed you holiday.
Ambur Rockell
Hey! Cool idea