Final Response

This morning i started my final piece in response to the Soutine Painting. Using a viewfinder i reduced the original image to this, as i felt that even though the painting had been dramatically reduced, that there was still enough information within this reduced version to still grasp the painting.

Side of Beef and Calf's Head by Chaim Soutine. Oil on canvas 92x73cm 1923

So this above smaller version is what i have been concentrating on whist completing a painted study of the piece. For this last final attempt, i cut down the A1 mount to A2 size and instantly knew that this scale was much better for me to work on.
I started off as usual, defining the darkest area and then building up tone with burnt sienna and then going over the tone with its matching colour counterpart, working over the image as a whole instead of just concentrating on one area at a time.

Gradually i built up the carcass area, using the colours to match the undertones....

And kept on going, trying to concentrate on the lines to build up the tones and colour to create the image.


Then i spent the rest of the time building it up more and more, using varied brushes to create differing lines,

I am going to go back to this piece in a few days, as just looking at it now, i can see areas i'm not happy with, and it gives me a chance to reassess the piece with fresher eyes. But here is the piece so far in its entirety....

Comparing it to the Soutine, i can see his tones are less vibrant than what i have created in my piece, so i feel a re-visit is needed in a few days....just to touch it up.