🎨 How My Portraits Take Shape

A closer look at how I develop my abstract portraits.

What’s interesting is that the idea doesn’t exist beforehand, it reveals itself as I work. I usually begin with a richly textured, colored background, created using water and diluted oil paint.

From there, I sketch a simple anatomical structure of the head and paint it in a single hue, exploring different tonal values. This stage helps me build a strong foundation before moving into full color. Then I transfer the image onto the background and start developing it further, guided by tone and color harmony.

The outcome is always unexpected, shaped by intuition, chance, and imagination.

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