“You lookin’ for me?” by John Cooney

Incredible as always

Phenomenal!

This is brilliant John!

Excellent.

What a GREAT face, fabulous portrait John. All the different textures are expertly painted and I like the abstraction of the background too

A face full of character and disregard. His life etched in his gaze. Beautifully painted.

Amazing painting skills John, and great character also title!

No - no, I'm really NOT looking for you. No offence meant! Masterful painting.

OUTSTANDING ARTWORK LOVE IT.

I have needed to look at this several times as I could not decide if it was a photo. It’s absolutely brilliant.

How did you get the texture of the jacket?

Hi John. Agree with all the positive comments - great work! Interested in your process - do you block in with watercolour and complete the opaquess with oil?

Wow

Thank you for all the great comments. This is about 99% pure watercolour with a tiny amount of white gouache. The coat was a nightmare to paint. I tried wet in wet, wet on dry, drybrush and finally went back to wet on wet before wetting and then lifting patches with a tissue. I rarely know exactly how I’m going to paint something unless I’ve done it before. This woollen coat was new.

Fabulous artwork John. I have seen your paintings on the Watercolour Alliance Facebook site and they are all outstanding. Great eyes and chin in particular on this guy. Terrific!

Thanks for answering my question. I just knew that you had done something that I don’t have experience of.

That is where I want to get to as an artist! Outstanding job! Love the background too!

Intimidating but very well painted!