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I have been hugely impressed with the two pictures of Cleopatra Eric has posted recently; my first reaction though was 'that wouldn't be possible using traditional painting'.
Having thought about it for a bit my next reaction was 'Why not'? Obviously it wouldn't look the same, nor should it, but it would be an interesting exercise so I've decided to have a go. Let me make clear that it is Erics image, I am in no way trying to insult him and my picture will not be displayed anywhere else and will not be sold. I simply want to know if I'm capable of doing it.
I used an old A2 canvas I had painted over and as ever am using acrylics.
To begin with I simply sketched a rough outline:
Then blocked in the background:
Next I put in a basic face:
Then that area was worked up a bit more:
That's it so far; I'll keep posting as it develops, good or bad!
Then blocked in the background:
Next I put in a basic face:
Then that area was worked up a bit more:
That's it so far; I'll keep posting as it develops, good or bad!
And then concentrated on the head area:
I might get rid of the head dress, it looks a bit odd. 
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You've demonstrated that it can indeed be done - and indeed many classical oil painters have done it: in no medium is it actually EASY to do, but persistence gets you there in the end. Whether 'there' is where you want to be is not for me to say ... tastes change; they've changed hugely in my lifetime, and Sylvia can give me 9 years... painting what I'll call 'this sort of thing' tends to get you accused of objectifying women these days; does it? Well - it can. But if we can paint from life models and not be accused of accessing 'the male gaze', I don't see why we shouldn't make up our own fantasy figures. Bearing in mind that some young people, i.e. much younger people, also view this site, were I to paint an image which invited criticism on sexist grounds - which, I've got to say, is unlikely! Trees, hills and what-not tend to be distinctly asexual, though I suppose if you tried hard you could do it - I'd probably refrain from showing it.
Although - kids have got to learn about the birds and the bees at some point: in my time, they left it far too late - too much practical experimentation had gone on before they got around to it...
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Lol. Actually Skylar posts dishy men.
I have no probs with nudes and life drawings. I have taken several young people to life drawing groups . Life drawing is an amazing way to learn to draw.
It's salacious bums and tits ,fine in another setting and all well drawn. But nothing I want to introduce a fifteen year oldto.
I actually like your rendition Peter. Somehow your women all have an innocence to them...
Birdysand Buzzy things Robert. Come and watch the tups inthe field opposite me....I insist that Sam looks away.
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by Sylvia Evans
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Lol. Actually Skylar posts dishy men. I have no probs with nudes and life drawings. I have taken several young people to life drawing groups . Life drawing is an amazing way to learn to draw. It's salacious bums and tits ,fine in another setting and all well drawn. But nothing I want to introduce a fifteen year oldto. I actually like your rendition Peter. Somehow your women all have an innocence to them...By 'salacious' you mean pictures that dwell on, to use the delicate phrase you probably picked up at your Swiss Finishing School, 'bums and tits' as the obvious um..... focus of a piece of work? Yersss.... I do understand that. On the other hand - do I mean hand? One has to be so careful here - on the other hand, Michael Moore has painted pictures of women in the full bloom, as it were: but I don't find his pictures in any way salacious, they're rather a celebration - and rather beyond just that, they provoke thought and not, in my case, salacious thoughts. It's all a bit complicated, when you stop and think, in't it?
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