SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoNoone paints wrinkles and reflections like Vittorio Reggianini, the master of detail.lemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkNoone paints wrinkles and reflections like Vittorio Reggianini, the master of detail.lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 days agoWhat’s just as amazing as the work itself, is the models in the fancy dresses must have sat or stood very, very, very still for a very long time. “If your leg moves a centimetre, it will completely destroy the folds and reflection of the entire dress that I’m currently painting”.
minus-squarecevn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoCould he not have started the face then switched to a mannequin?
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoYes, that’s a very good point - and given the time period, actually pretty likely. I feel foolish.
minus-squarecevn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoNo worries, happens to all of us, maybe me more den anyone :D
What’s just as amazing as the work itself, is the models in the fancy dresses must have sat or stood very, very, very still for a very long time.
“If your leg moves a centimetre, it will completely destroy the folds and reflection of the entire dress that I’m currently painting”.
Could he not have started the face then switched to a mannequin?
Yes, that’s a very good point - and given the time period, actually pretty likely.
I feel foolish.
No worries, happens to all of us, maybe me more den anyone :D