Random notes

There's this chapter titled: "Subsurfaces and Effects" (pg. 151) but I don't really get how that has anything to do with these particular topics, so I titled this post differently.

Color zones of the face. (pg. 156) Gurney says you can split up the face into 3 colors: The forehead is yellowish, the nose & cheeks are red, and the chin is blue-green. He mentions that some artists will accentuate this blue - green color to bring out the color of the lips.

                                                                                        Image credit: James Gurney

(Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of Washington)

Hair: (pg. 158) 

 To keep hair from being stringy, use big brushes, simple masses, soft edges, and controlled highlights. Where the hair meets the head, try not to have every individual hair enter the head - look for masses (eg. curls at the nape of the neck) and focus on the shape of the whole. 

(Justin Park, concept painting, 2010)

(Anders Zorn, Marie Cohn, 1900)