Oh my! So my 1 hour time limit is off with both of my Van Gogh paintings. The first one took 2 hours and today's painting took over 5 hours.
Just getting started......
Trying to do a little of the tedious background before I do the face.
Enough with the background (which I thought was difficult) and onto the face! 2 hours in......
OK a little more background and then I allowed myself to start the beard. Crazy making! 3 hours in...
4 plus hours in and I am loving it but ready to jump in the creek!
Finished and ready for a glass of wine!
The man that Van Gogh painted was his postman and friend, Joseph Roulin.
The Roulin Family is group of portrait paintings
Vincent van Gogh
executed in Arles in 1888 and 1889 on Joseph, his wife Augustine and
their three children: Armand, Camille and Marcelle. This series is
unique in many ways. Although Van Gogh loved to paint portraits, it was
difficult for financial and other reasons for him to find models. So,
finding an entire family that agreed to sit for paintings — in fact, for
several sittings each — was a bounty.
Joseph Roulin became a particularly good, loyal and supporting friend
to Van Gogh during his stay in Arles. To represent a man he truly
admired was important to him. The family, with children ranging in age
from four months to seventeen years, also gave him the opportunity to
produce works of individuals in several different stages of life.
Rather than making photographic-like works, Van Gogh used his
imagination, colors and themes artistically and creatively to evoke
desired emotions from the audience. -
Wickipedia
Like I said in a previous blog, Van Gogh was a mad genious!
