Comments on: Steve Husted: portrait artist?

By: Bobbi Heath

Bobbi Heath — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:53:33 +0000

Really really nice, a lovely portrait and a great likeness. I love what you call the “unfinished look”. Thanks for the detailed process and prep description, most interesting!

By: shuste73

shuste73 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:29:24 +0000

re: Rajashree: yes, I did enjoy the portrait you did. I can never get oil pastels to look very good, so that’s impressive to me that you can.

By: jill polsby

jill polsby — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:31:35 +0000

Steve: I’d love it if you sent me your email address. I have a wonderful idea about the portrait challenge. jill polsby polsby@yahoo.com

By: Rajashree

Rajashree — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:53:37 +0000

Wow.. thnks a ton!! its my portrait
i really enjoyed readin thru the procedure.. and i feel so honoured u tuk so much effort to get it rt
i hope u too enjoyed my work wid oil pastel..

By: Terri Buchholz

Terri Buchholz — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:06:47 +0000

Wow – you should just rewrite that blog with some chapters and a few more pictures and publish a great “how-to” book. I feel like I’ve just taken a class! I’m a computer-nimrod, but you really make me want to learn how to use my photoshop and illustrators programs. What I really wanted to say is that your portrait was lovely and fresh, but thanks for all the rest as well! Hope you remain healthy into the new year and wash your hands a lot. It’s a petri dish out there.

By: jill polsby

jill polsby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:59:07 +0000

Loved your painting on the Different Strokes challenge. Such fun it was to paint unknown new friends. You did a wonderful job and I really liked your explanation of the process. It helps all of us understand a bit more about the painting and what’s going on in the artist’s mind. Best of luck in 2010!

By: shuste73

shuste73 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:51:11 +0000

re: Liz: yes, I agree, nothing replaces practice and seeing. However, I’ve been drawing portraits for about 20 or so years now. If one hasn’t had the practice, one should definitely do some more drawings. For the tight time frame, I wanted to focus on the process and challenges of painting in oils, which I’m relatively new to and I don’t have much practice. I’m struggling to get my tones correct so that’s been my focus. I’m also still struggling with actually applying paint over paint without making a huge mess. *sigh*

By: Liz Holm

Liz Holm — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:56:33 +0000

Goodness, you did a lot of prep work for this with phenomenal results. Shows hard work and attention pays off. Wonderful portrait for the challenge. Agree with you about using whatever tools you can. Still nothing replaces practice and seeing. Fantastic work.

By: Sharon Margolies

Sharon Margolies — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:30:48 +0000

Superb job on the dsfdf portrait. I enjoyed reading your very descriptive process of painting from start to finish. It makes me think I should do more of the same on my blog. I think writing it down would help to improve one’s work on the next project.

By: dominique Eichi

dominique Eichi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:09:51 +0000

wonderful portrait for DSFDF. You definitively did a lot of research and exploring before starting this piece. Wow !