ossory
Blue Outline
The same sitter drawn in cobalt contour with thin washy colour brushed loosely inside it, the canvas left bare and unfinished at the corners.
How this was made
This piece began with a photograph and a written instruction. Both are kept, so the record is complete rather than flattering.
THE PROMPT AND THE SETTINGS
PROMPT
POSITIVE: Repaint this photograph as an Alice Neel oil portrait, c. 1975. Three-quarter-length portrait of a young adult woman, fully clothed in a dark brown sleeveless top and pale blue trousers, one hand on her hip; non-sexual, no nudity, modest framing, plain standing sitter. Fast direct linear handling: strong cobalt-blue and ultramarine contour outlines drawn around the face, jaw, neck, shoulders, arms and torso, with thin flat washy colour brushed loosely inside them. Skin in warm tan, peach and lilac with green-grey shadow notes, deliberately uneven. The brown top and pale trousers blocked in as a few flat shapes with visible brushmarks. Dark hair as flat brown-black shapes. Background left largely as bare white primed canvas with only a few sketchy blue and green strokes, unfinished at the edges and corners. Slightly enlarged searching eyes, candid unguarded expression. Psychologically exposing rather than flattering, spare, wet-looking paint. NEGATIVE: (none)
SETTINGS
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NOTE
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