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8" x 10"
Oil on Hardbord
NFS |
This is my submission for the
DPW Challenge this week. I chose the black and white option of the challenge, using a limited palette of Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, and Titanium White. To help me focus on painting the range of values, I turned the painting upside down. It really helped me to see shapes vs. features. When doing a portrait, I tend to get lost in drawing the likeness of a person, and lose sight of painting what I see.
Here are a couple of quotes that I found from Abraham Lincoln:
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."
-and on a lighter note:
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
