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In the blue by ~NakadaiShimada:iconNakadaiShimada:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Portraits

©2007-2009 ~NakadaiShimada
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Not an entierly finished piece, but mostly finished (as in i haven't finished the hair or background, and im liking the way it looks at the moment.)
An oil painting on a 16"sq Windsor & Newton cavas board. A blue wash was used as a base, building up the oil in thin layers. About 15-20 hours so far i think.
I'm incredibly happy with how delicate the skin looks, and yet how much detail there is in the eyes and lips.

Although the camera doesn't do the brush work or subtlety of the piece justice, i do advise looking at it in full view, it still looks great.

Edit: A detail of this should have been added by now, but my comp/ DA has decided it wont let me do it right now.. So i'll put it up and link it here later :D

~Enjoy~

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~catlee Nov 6, 2007, 2:37:10 PM
pretty good <3

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superman and the day is...
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~NakadaiShimada Nov 6, 2007, 2:40:15 PM
Thanks, are you an oil painter yourself? I see a lot of cool digital stuff in your gallery, do you use traditional media atall?
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~The-Noble-Savage Nov 6, 2007, 4:17:43 PM
Wish I had that sort of talent, but everytime I try something like this, it just sort of comes out being something neo-cubist mixxed with kindergrade scribble...lol This is a nice piece.
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~NakadaiShimada Nov 6, 2007, 4:27:20 PM
Thanks, i think this is one of my more accurate pieces. Neo cubism is'nt a bad thing, i dont have the patience to be able to do that.. With this i started very dark with greens and purples (over the dark blue background that i covered the whole canvas with.) and built it up with lighter purples. reds and browns, tinting it to the colours there now.. I stayed well away from anything close to premade flesh tints and built up layers.
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~catlee Nov 7, 2007, 3:51:10 AM
I use all kind of stuff not just digital just too lazy to but anythig else here.
I dont use oil because its so cruel when it comes to mistakes

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superman and the day is...
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~NakadaiShimada Nov 7, 2007, 4:06:45 AM
lol, thats cool, i especially saw your really bright onewith the 8 ball, thought that would look good in acrylic, or something like that.
Oils arent cruel to mistakes,complerely the opposite. I actually dropped my palette paint side down on 'in the blue' black and blue paint all over it, cleaned it to the point you'd never know in just a couple of minutes. :D
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~tori-xx Jan 6, 2008, 11:21:21 AM
Wow, this is beautiful! o.o

--Spazzara on Gaia.
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~NakadaiShimada Jan 6, 2008, 4:46:55 PM
Thankyou, its possibly my fave painting i've done to date, though i am working on a canvas at the moment which may become my fave lol.
Glad you like, thanks :)
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~tori-xx Jan 6, 2008, 5:50:04 PM
That'll be awesome. x3 Good luck!
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