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About Jala
- Jala Pfaff
- Boulder, CO, United States
- I'm a painter (and writer and Spanish instructor) living in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. I studied classical art in an ARC (Art Renewal Center) school, Colorado Academy of Art, full-time for two years, in order to benefit from the rigorous atelier-style training. I am currently dedicated to exploring abstract and semi-abstract art, working in oil and also in soft pastel. I firmly believe that all human beings are creative, whether or not they have yet found an outlet for the innate creative urge, and that the creative arts are the highest form of human expression. Email me at: jala[at]jalapfaff.com ...Please also visit my website: jalapfaff.com ...ALL CONTENT IS COPYRIGHT
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8 comments:
I think this is great. What did Sargent say about portraits? Something like "a portrait is a likeness with something funny about the mouth".... mouths are so mobile, so revealing... they're impossible to nail down, so just generalize!
Great head study, Jala.
Love how you've got the clear cut dark-side light side down pat.
It's so difficult to actually get a likeness in a class period. I'm happy if it even approximates a likeness.
Funny story too!
Kelley - That is absolutely hilarious, and I'm going to remember that line now forever (and use it whenever my portrait likeness fails).
Bill, Marian - Thanks very much. My teacher says it's good enough if it looks like a human being in a single class period, let alone a good likeness. Oh well. She's also a stickler about not EVER polluting one's shadow side with light. I'm glad she's so strict about that, it helps keep me mentally organized (well, somewhat) while painting.
beautiful and well done. You are right about the angles in his face.
Yeah, why is it always the mouth that looks weird?
I know, the mouth just always seems to be off somehow! He has the greatest facial planes, I look forward to having him model again for us.
wonderful handling of shadow and light. This has a powerful intensity. Love the shadow that his nose is casting and the way the eye sits in that pocket of light.
Dori, thank you! I also really liked how his eye was in that little light triangle.
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