This is painted on a 15 x 12 inch panel. A fairly happy looking chap whose countenance blends or bonds with a substantially less satisfied looking counterpart. The underpainting was given a streaky imprimatura with warm earth tones and yellows to both compliment and contrast with the rest of the composition.
The smiling face and the round almost bubble-like shape of the head and eyes prompted the word ‘buoyant’ and then on a whim I added the suffix ’ness’ to it, "Buoyantness". I was amazed later to find it listed as an actual word (even though my spellchecker indicated it as nonexistent) MERRIAM-WEBSTER. Definition of buoyantness: the quality or state of being buoyant.
This is painted on a 15 x 12 inch panel. A fairly happy looking chap whose countenance blends or bonds with a substantially less satisfied looking counterpart. The underpainting was given a streaky imprimatura with warm earth tones and yellows to both compliment and contrast with the rest of the composition.
The smiling face and the round almost bubble-like shape of the head and eyes prompted the word ‘buoyant’ and then on a whim I added the suffix ’ness’ to it, "Buoyantness". I was amazed later to find it listed as an actual word (even though my spellchecker indicated it as nonexistent)
MERRIAM-WEBSTER. Definition of buoyantness: the quality or state of being buoyant.