Piotr Antonow, colorful life paintings
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Most of the painting or drawing I do is in studio environment from life model(s). I rarely get to do more than 7 sittings, but I would love to do like 20. I normally start with a very large brush (2″ wide flat) and I build the structure and the composition; then I come with various lines that may exist in the image, I try to keep them in a color similar to what is in the model, but I exaggerate the color (if the line is reddish, I may put bright red). I pick and choose the areas to be more detailed and the ones to be let lose.
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I’m particularly interested in the abnormalities of form and color that exist in the set up. Whenever I notice colors that normally don’t exist in human skin, I’d amplify these. Usually I don’t make things up that don’t exist there, but I exaggerate a lot. So I don’t lie, but I do embellish…
Piotr Antonow
July 18, 2012