Lace and Headband
Lace and Headband. A clothed portrait study after Schiele: nervous broken contour, patchy gouache wash, and large areas of bare paper left as the ground.
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 Egon Schiele portrait drawing, Vienna c. 1915, in the manner of his clothed portrait studies. Half-length study of an adult Black woman with long straight dark hair and a slim jewelled headband, head slightly tilted, one arm raised with the hand resting against her neck and jaw. Fully clothed and modestly covered in a high-necked long-sleeved black dress with sheer black lace sleeves; strictly non-sexual and non-erotic, no nudity, decorous and restrained. Nervous angular broken black ink contour line describing the jaw, neck, shoulders, raised arm and bony expressive fingers with wiry precision and deliberate breaks in the line. The black lace sleeves rendered as flat dark patterned graphic shapes against the paper; the long dark hair as heavy angular faceted masses. Thin patchy gouache and watercolour washes over the skin in warm deep brown, umber, ochre, dull brick red and cold grey-green accents at the cheek and knuckles, with the modelling carried by line and uneven wash rather than smooth shading. Large areas of untouched cream paper left as the ground. Remove the studio backdrop and the warm halo of light entirely; empty paper background, mannered elongated arm, tense alert expression, raw and expressive. NEGATIVE: (none)
SETTINGS
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NOTE
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