Summary
Original painting of Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald by Contemporary artist Bart Carels.
Title: ‘Lady Ella’
Artist: Bart Carels
Year: 2020
Process
The First Lady of song or Lady Ella as Ella Fitzgerald was sometimes referred to was today’s painting subject. I kept this one really loose because, well…I felt like it.
First thing was creating the outlines of Ella with black marker to make sure my composition was right. No details, just making sure everything was sort of in the right place. The marker is just one of the things I use for the line drawing because I like to try different things. I sometimes use pencil, charcoal or paint as well. There are times I don’t use this under painting and start with painting without the composition. With faces though I find this can be tricky so for portraits or larger paintings, I almost always use some kind of base layer.
After applying the black marker, I continued with the hair and face using a mixture of Magenta and Yellow mixed with some Cyan and a touch of Ivory Black for the really dark areas. Her purple dress consist out of Magenta Mixed with Cyan. More Magenta (the image has a bit of a red glow over it) and Black for the darker areas and a touch of white for the lightest parts. For the darker parts of the skin I mixed Magenta with Yellow, some Cyan and Black. For the mid-tones I left out most of the Cyan to create the more orange/pink/red tones and the lighter parts have more yellow in them. For the highlights I added white. That’s it, not details at all this time. I didn’t use a brush smaller than size six for the entire painting.
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Painting Specifications:
- Just one in the world
- Medium: Mixed Media on Paper (black markerand acrylic paint)
- Dimensions: 24x32cm / 9×12 inches
- Color Palette: Cyan | Magenta | Yellow | Black | White
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