Stephen

Stephen is a great model (this was from yesterday's alla prima class). He doesn't move; in fact, he's so professional about it that when a bug crawled over his forehead, he politely asked someone what was on his face and could it please be removed. (When *I* even slightly suspect that some INSECT might be on me, I go into hysterical flailing and screaming.)

He also has a wonderfully textbook masculine face: square jaw, strong neck muscles, low brow, all nice paintable angles.  Back in art school, we once had him for a figure model, and he is amazing: he's in excellent shape and has pretty much no body fat, so you can see not only every muscle, but even every tendon.  I remember that painting his shoulder area was like an anatomy lesson. (Don't get too excited, girlz, he's gay.)

Though I'm pleased with how the portrait turned out, nevertheless I didn't get a likeness, and it was the mouth that missed the likeness. Drat!

$145.00 - Stephen (Ready to Frame)

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