Summary
Original painting of Singer The Weeknd by Contemporary artist Bart Carels.
Title: ‘Blinded by the Lights’
Artist: Bart Carels
Year: 2020
Process
Another contemporary artist. I like some of his songs but was especially interested in the reference picture I used to create this painting. It had some nice colors and highlights which made me decide to use it as my subject.
Once again I started with the orange (Vermillion) background with blue (primary cyan) on top as my line drawing.
Next thing was adding in the darker parts like the hair, shirt and frame of the sunglasses. The colors I used for the dark parts were some Ivory black mixed with Magenta and Primary yellow and touch of Cyan to create a very dark brown tone. The hair leans more towards brown and the shirt more towards black, but honestly you cannot really tell when looking at the painting. All those areas look black. You would only be able to see a difference by adding some pure Ivory Black to the painting.
Next up were the darker skin tones and because I let the orange of the background come through the skin, I started adding highlights to the rest of the artwork pretty quickly. I mixed some primary yellow with a tiny bit of Magenta and added it to the background to make it more interesting. I finished the piece with adding some shadows on the jacket and some more highlights on the glasses. I tried to stay away from blending too much as I really like the visible strokes in this one. I think it finished it in about 90 minutes. Fun!
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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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