Colour Exercise

Here's mine, with steps.

Colour Exercise

Here's my proposition: we make a portrait piece based on the greyscale photograph below by Richard Avedon. The challenge would be coming up with an interesting flesh tones and treatment while preserving the value structure of the initial photograph. One rule: you have to start with colours, not colourizing a greyscale painting. Go crazy, go beyond your comfort zone and post your results, successful or not!

These might give you an idea or a direction...
http://cghub.com/images/view/52616/
http://cghub.com/images/view/119134/
http://cghub.com/images/view/94305/
http://cghub.com/images/view/162812/
http://cghub.com/images/view/170600/
http://cghub.com/images/view/157340/
Keep digging!

What we're all doing here

This first post us up for the friends I've just invited to the blog. I hope you all remember the conversation we had about this. I am hoping that we can all use this blog as an open forum for a number of things.

First, to share ideas and challenges on a project-by project basis.

Second, to work collaboratively on pieces on a stage by stage basis. For example one son works a piece up to finished pencil a and another person paints it, it one person pitches an idea, next person thumbs, next person pencils, etc.

Overall the goal would be to work around each other in ways that can get us to pick up new ways of thinking about the work. We can all chat about other ways to do this, and I hope to hear from you all soon.