Study for Henry, 2020
Study for Henry, 2020
Oil on canvas 18 x 13cm
The Subject
This is an oil study for my painting Henry.
What is a Study?
A study is a drawing or painting made to get your head around a subject matter in preparation for a larger work, focusing on part of an image, such as an eye or a nose, or the whole thing. A study can also be a way to practice techniques that will be used in future works (not specifically the image used to practice).
So, this work Study for Henry is a smaller version of Henry in which I practiced the composition and the colour tones.
The study (left) in comparison to the final work (right)
The Reference Image
Sir Henry Taylor (1967) by Julia Margaret Cameron