José Sinclair Art Museum: Navajo Madonna 2

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Navajo Madonna 2

Navajo Madonna 2

small version, pencil on paper....NFS
(From a photo by Edward Curtis)

My guide for these portraits are numerous Renaissance portrait drawings, I have books of these and have spent years studying them.

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When I Say "Box Framed"

Box frame: a 'shadow-box', a half-inch gap of space between the masonite painting and the lattice edging (really there just for protection), so they look like they're floating in a box, not touching the frame. I find real frames on paintings to be distracting and try to hide the framing as much as possible and make it look like a small thin line, just like the borders on these digital images. I paint on tempered masonite board (for its smooth glassy surface), not canvas, which has a distracting and rough texture. Da Vinci painted on wood also, usually heavy oak; the Mona Lisa weighs 80 lbs unframed.

José Sinclair Art Museum

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Navajo Madonna 2

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