Assignment #1 part three revising or finishing the third portrait.

Hi for those of you who have finished the second part and are working on the third part of the portrait, here is a plan on how to approach your third piece.

When you moved onto the third piece, the instinct was to add some fun patterns or other unreferenced objects to the piece. This was fine, but missed the spirit of what I was originally going for ( my bad, I might not have been clear)

So for further definition, Here is how I want you to proceed on the third piece.


Most people approached their second piece using the "local color" of the image they painted. Meaning that the skin tones and colors matched the color in their original reference.  One or two brave people added a color filter to chan ge the colors, but didn't paint much new to the face or alter it.

The challenge I place before you here, is twofold.

One: Distort the image, don't necessarily add a background, but distort the face in some manner whether that be a slight distortion or a blown out caricature, make the piece your own. I don't just mean use a distortion filter, but use your own creativity to say something interesting using the features of the face you are painting. This could include distorting features, changing lightning conditions and colors.

Two: Use non- local colors. Instead of a typical fleshtone, what if the person were red or blue? how would that effect the face? If the background is bright green, how does that effect the reflected light on the face? If the light source moves warmer and the shadow side cooler, what would that do to the color scheme? Go back to the assignment sheet and look at how form and color are changed away from reality in those pieces.


Look at the following pictures. How does the choices of colors in the bar scene effect the characters? How does the yellow background effect the skin tones on Eddie Murphy's face? How does the green effect Mick Jagger? Note how much complementary colors appear in the shadows( yellow vs purple: Eddie) (red vs green: Jagger )







The colors in the George Lucas piece are pretty "naturalisic" and true to the reference,  but Look at how the Bill murray piece is influenced by the grey of the background.







This  third piece is the place to experiment and bring in something really interesting!