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Velazquez : El Nino

Velazquez : El Nino

The beginning of a painting often determines whether it will be a success or not. On the one hand the drawing must be reasonably accurate, at least within 90%, and on the other you mustn't be so concerned with the drawing that it inhibits the spirit. Technique should be the liberator of compelling expression, not a shackle that suffocates and procures timid and tentative work.

Hombres de placer, men of pleasure, lent a carnivalesque otherworldliness, a crucial counterpoint, to the rigidly codified social structure of the Royal Court. Velázquez' informal portrayals allowed him unfettered reign to paint as he chose to paint. The genius of Velázquez manifested in the 'other'.

Velázquez' treatment of Lezcano's head is breathtaking in the seemingly casual rendering of facial forms, executed with an economy of means achieved by very few painters. Every brush stroke is rendered with a sympathetic correspondence to the underlying anatomical forms.

Velazquez : El Nino introduces you to the practice of spotting color/value notes to convincingly build facial form.

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Velazquez : El Nino
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