2016 Portrait Painting of Costumed Model with Commentaries by David A Leffel - TRAILER

Excerpt of Sherrie painting a portrait of a model in a flapper costume while David answers questions from their Santa Fe workshop participants.
She poses the model with flat light, which underscores the importance of using temperature changes to give the illusion of a human form and still retain flat shapes. Simple shapes give graphic strength that makes a painting carry from a distance. This is the most important quality any good painting has-carrying power.
The decision to paint three-quarters of the figure was made so she could include the hands. The challenge of fitting this complex subject matter on a small canvas requires some adjustments to find the composition but once Sherrie is confident in the placement, she lays in the shadows and background to set up the light.
David states that the most important thing in learning to paint is making brushstrokes, and Sherrie demonstrates this skill beautifully.
While David entertains and educates the audience about some of the finer points of painting, Sherrie paints with abandon. As the viewer you have the best of two worlds-the indulgence of almost non-stop questions from a curious audience and the focused attention that Sherrie is able to give the painting.
Although Sherrie would have loved to continue longer to adjust some of the proportions, she was enthralled with the stimulation of a beautiful costumed model and an appreciative audience.
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[@artforkiddo]

Adorable insgram

[@yunyiwang9086]

very nice

[@williambo5989]

AIR IS FABRIC AND MATERIAL WHAT COLOR IS IT?

[@mihirpanchal447]

What is the thing he paints on ? Is it Canvas ? Please anyone could help me with it .

[@munireyaseminalicioglu5224]

Some kind of panel i guess

[@sergiodefreitas6597]

that's what good is..saying less with more

[@JohnMartin-ux2rm]

Poor !!!

[@trashbag1598]

But you paint from a photo lol…

[@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

Sorry but that's one bad looking portrait.

[@wolf7379]

I agree, it's not great. Maybe it was one of her off days and she needed more time to complete it. But to be fair, she did a better portrait in following link, kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6XCepV8pb2bd5I.

[@christianweidenmueller6572]

@@wolf7379 Only cause she didnt have time to render the face as well as in the link doesnt mean its bad. lol...

[@wolf7379]

@@christianweidenmueller6572 Agreed. On further inspection of this video I now realize she was not given time in continuing with the painting - it was a painting in progress. Explains why the portrait looked so unfinished. You only have to look at Sherrie McGraw's portraits she has done in the past to realize she can paint accurately and well.

[@christianweidenmueller6572]

Thank you for being so authentic man! ♥

[@friedricengravy6646]

Its instructional discussing a process & philosophy. Their finished work can b found on-line.