A Want to Believe

[efortune357]

Just busted ass, about 70 hours of painting in 5 days, to finish this piece in time!

22"x 15"
acrylic on arches 300# hot press

This piece and the last one(A Moon of My Own) are both exhibiting this Sat Dec 13th if you're in the LA Area check em out^_^

"A Want to Believe" @ http://www.copronason.com/
"A Moon of My Own" @ http://cerasoli-lebasse.com/site/

[efortune357]

close up on my blog
http://ericfortuneart.blogspot.com/

[Extollere]

Ok, knock it off.

[NathanLong]

Grrr. I live in LA, but I can find you on neither of those sites. Where are you exhibiting?

[Mumph]

Thanks for posting this and A Moon of My Own, they are both very beautiful and inspiring.

[efortune357]

I'm participating in Group Shows. The websites may need to update images but those are the right galleries. I believe contact info should be on the sites if you want to confirm my work showing. Oh oh, the sun is coming up. gotta hit the sack...

[daveneale]

Always a fan of your work and this one is stunning as usual. The shadows on the raised hand make this extra special for me

[molemansd7]

Wow!....your treatment and control of watercolors is truly amazing and inspiring. I love the softness of the images (this one and A Moon of My own), as well as the film-grainy-esque appearance.Very nicely done.

[Kuidf^!]

this is amazing did it really take u 5 days ? haha nice one

[El Jeremie]

Very poetic.
Good job

[Redfender]

love it. you should show them in columbus so i can drive down 71 and see them. better yet drive them up to cleveland.
did you use a model for the hands?

[MoonVisionStudio]

The last one was great, this one is better still!

[Rauwolf]

I am so in love with this one.

[Cloister]

I like it.. .especially the colours...and the eyes

[Serpian]

I love your warped realism. What kind of reference are you using for your art?

[kev ferrara]

Sweet image. I dig the subtle negative shapes of the left hand and the daringly-designed, yet quiet, nuances of your overlapping plane-shapes, like the stretching dark triangle tip that reaches up and nearly touches the tear duct of the girl's eye... generates nice tension. You're really in the zone on these last few.

Thanks for showing and good luck with your show!

kev

[gruve24]

Awesome, its very inspiring to see solid traditional work that looks great and more than holds its own among so many digital paintings.

[Noah Bradley]

I love the gentleness you achieve in your pieces.

Great work.

[Uli]

I'm not quite certain why I like this one (apart from the impeccable technique, of course). the motif itself is not just nice-nice, but has some sort of deeper quality, sticks to the mind. I need to think about this more...
I've started painting with acryl on arches only this year, I love the medium, though I have a long way to go. what grain do you use?

[Demo]

amazing
love it but couldnt find you on either site
please make sure to share your future works

[Katzenminze]

i want to believe too!
very well executed.

[efortune357]

Thanks ya'll. To answer to some questions. Yes I used a model. Had a friend kind enough to pose for me. I always use a model. The tough part is not becoming a slave to your photo reference. But I always recommend using reference and doing your research prior to painting. I think without the model I would miss out on a lot of the subtle details which are some of my fav parts. I've been painting on Arches 300 lb hot press(although I don't like hot press at lighter weights) I'm sure any quality wc paper would work fine.

[Uli]

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure if it's the same in English as in German/french- is your paper satine or grain fin or-- ?

I have to thank you again, because I just realized that it was your blog that made me start with acrylics on arches, about half a year ago before I came to CA. You showed your technique there and that was a big help and inspiration. I keep practising :-)

[JellevdVegt]

one hundred procent cool