Dirty painting

This is quick and dirty. I was very relaxed!

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Attempt Juan de Pareja

This is my first attempt at Juan de Pareja, the famous painting by Velázquez. Believe it or not, this dignified person was the slave of Velázquez, became the head of the painting workshop and eventually learned to paint himself. Eventually, de Pareja became a well-known painter in his own right and subsequently Velázquez freed him.… Continue reading Attempt Juan de Pareja

Not Rembrandt

Yep, I’ve been playing with a Rembrandt self-portrait. What an amazing painter he was. One stroke of paint created a shadow, a contour, an impression of padded skin or a hollow. One stroke of my paint usually looks like a dab of paint. But on to the pigments: I’ve been mixing Rublev’s Blue Ridge Yellow… Continue reading Not Rembrandt

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