Nachdem ich einen Portraitauftrag beendet hatte, war ich ganz in der Stimmung mit dem Menschenmalen weiterzumachen. Also arbeitete ich mit dem besten und günstigsten Modell, das einem zur Verfügung steht: Das eigene Selbst. Bei Selbstportraits versuche ich mich mehr auf einen speziellen Gesichtsausdruck oder eine besondere Lichtsituation zu konzentrieren, damit das Ganze nicht zu pathetisch wird.
Twisted Grin | Schiefes Lächeln, 60 x 40 cm, Oil on Canvaspanel
Nosebleed | Nasenbluten, 60 x 40 cm, Oil on Canvaspanel
15 comments:
Great likeness!! The nose bleed is weird but still a good painting! Great painting with you Nue!!
Cheers... Andrew Judd
Hey.. this looks like the guy in the photo at the top of this page!?! Wait... it is! Nice job Stefan, and although we've never met.. I can tell it looks like you!
A very solid value painting.
cheers, Mike
Does it took so much effort that you had a nosebleed from it?!
Nice work Stefan, ....
Sehr gut gemacht.
I very much like the way you left these unfinished toward the bottom. Reminds me of Schmid's work.
Two very powerful portraits! Love the dramatic lighting and beautiful use of color in the shadows.
Well done!
Thanks Andrew, I enjoyed painting with you too and I will post the pictures of our Wachau Adventure pretty soon.
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Hi Michael, although I didn´t intended a likeness, I fear these look more like me than I wanted it. ;-)
Thanks!
René, sometimes you get so exited during painting that at least something must pour out of you. This time my nose started bleeding. ;-)
Vielen Dank, René!
Silvina, I try not to use these unfinished areas as a manerism. This time I painted each of these in one session and wanted the focus on the facial expression. But I have to admit that I am certainly influenced by R. Schmid.
Thanks Jennifer! I did a comissioned portrait before and every time I do these I become more cautious and timid during painting because I want to please the sitter. So in these works I wanted to be more daring.
These are great. One of these days I am going to work up the courage for some life studies again. I like the quarkiness of the nose bleed.
..hi stefan,
im Blaumann kommt gut(oder was hast du an?), fehlt der Hammer in der Hand oder Boherer oderso..:)
Ne aber echt gute Sachen auch gute Komposition
Thanks Les, but I think it takes less courage to paint life studies when when you work with your own self.
Hi Don, in dem Sarg-Post kannst Du den Blaumann sehen, obwohl dort nur in SW. Dann schaut´s also aus als ob ich mir mit dem Hammer die Nase blutig geschlagen hätte? ;-) Danke.
I like the nose bleed idea, a first in sel-f protraits.
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