Out of the Blue Phase

⚠️WORK IN PROGRESS⚠️
Self portrait, ref photo by the amazing @somerrunner 🖤📸
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“Let the blue sky meet the blue sea and all is blue for a time.”FB
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Local color is the essence of the thing before it can be influenced by anything around it. .
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Picasso you can have your thunder back. For better or worse, I’m pushing myself to use color, any color, just no blue. I’ve avoided using them because I didn’t know how, and after living with blue portraits for most of quarantine, I’ve decided that’s complete crap.
All these portraits have been over painted this week. I’ve learned so much in 5 days and will to continue to get uncomfy every single day until these are done. And even then...
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Oil on canvas 24x36”