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New York Portrait Artist Workshop Demonstration – Day Four

August 15, 2013
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Completed finish layer demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson

In progress demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson - Finish Layer

Today I completed my demonstration of Megan. I followed the same procedure as the previous day's demo, but focused on smaller and more subtle nuanced shapes and transitions. I'm very happy with the way it came out and would have loved to keep working on it. When Megan came down from the model stand, after her next to last sitting, she looked and the painting, gasped and then hugged me. It was very touching. I've never had anything like that happen before. Below are the progressive steps today's journey took, followed by a few details.

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In progress finish layer demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson
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In progress finish layer demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson
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In progress finish layer demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson
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In progress finish layer demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson
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Completed demo of Megan by Marvin Mattelson
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Completed demo of Megan (close up) by Marvin Mattelson
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Completed demo of Megan (detail) by Marvin Mattelson

My workshop schedule for this year will be complete come tomorrow. For those interested, my continuing education classes at the School of Visual Arts begin in mid-September. Should be fun.

Marvin Mattelson is now conducting his classes and workshops online in Full HD 1080p through his Fine Art Portrait Academy. For further information, or to register for an upcoming offering, please follow this link to his teaching page.

Until next time…

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Suvigya Sharma says

February 11, 2015

Very Nice ..

thanks for share

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