Thursday, 8 October 2009

Self Portrait: Sand Texture Studies


This Study was painted with a mixture of watercolour, and oil pastels, and it wasn't meant to capture perfection of my face but rather the texture that i want to apply on the background of the portrait. It was influenced by Louis le Brocquy ,not by his spirit-like portraits but by his freedom when applying the brushstrokes

3 comments:

tutorphil said...

I really like the expressiveness of this portrait, Ruben - you're doing some really nice stuff - very interested to see your final portrait...

Ruben Martins said...

Thank you!!

i just hope can give the same expressiveness on photoshop, to give the same effect.

gciurlizza said...

Thats really cool. current I am working on doing a self protrait with texture. Your painting has inspired me to try new techniques.

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gciurlizza.com/wordpress