What Effect Will it Have?

What Effect Will it Have?

I was talking with artist, a real paint and canvas painter, friend of mine at lunch today. I poised a question to him, maybe it was more of an experiment. When a person poises for a portrait, do You talk to them? If so about what? The thought (experiment) being if an artist would get different result based upon the mood set by the conversation one was having with the subject and by extension the artist himself.

I knew he was planning to make a portrait of his wife and I that he might consider the question (experiment). His approach to painting is, as many artists do, to do “studies”[1] before the final work. This would provide the opportunity to look into my premise and to add this, another, layer of complexity to his work. If he dose, the approach should be; in one instance talk about “back home” and in the next “the children” and so on. In each, to examine the actual study to see if there are any differences of note. To use the information to achieve the most desirable final result. If he dose accept this idea then I will have something to talk about later, If not this stops here. (or dose it?)

[1]“Study(ies)” A practice painting. In art, a study is a drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a finished piece, or as visual notes. Studies are often used to understand the problems involved in rendering subjects and to plan the elements to be used in finished works, such as light, color, form, perspective and composition.