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Resonance is a pencil illustration that’s been in my sketchbook and on my wish list to paint for a very long time. Her name is Carmen an accomplished harpsichord player whose enjoying an afternoon performing one of favourite Bach pieces.
I finally got to work on this concept and the resulting image is another in a very long list of images that I felt I took an empowering step forward in my painting technique. I really felt that the use of lighting was more of challenge considering I usually hide behind the use of shadows found in some of my darker imagery. However this time there was no place to hide. I focused on the stoic elegance of the figure with the use of a lot of bright soft sunlight flooding in and relied on the warmth of the colour palette to tell of the story rather than dramatic shadow. I can't wait to use what I've learned from this experience and applying to my work in the future.
I finally got to work on this concept and the resulting image is another in a very long list of images that I felt I took an empowering step forward in my painting technique. I really felt that the use of lighting was more of challenge considering I usually hide behind the use of shadows found in some of my darker imagery. However this time there was no place to hide. I focused on the stoic elegance of the figure with the use of a lot of bright soft sunlight flooding in and relied on the warmth of the colour palette to tell of the story rather than dramatic shadow. I can't wait to use what I've learned from this experience and applying to my work in the future.
