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Down by the sea
Acrylic on illustration board
37X51cm unframed
Feb 2013

The smallest portrait I have ever done and the quickest at exactly 14 days of painting.
Continues with the theme of portraying a dual perspective through the use of the reflective surface of the sunglasses, showing the traditional view of the model combined with the view of what the model is seeing through the reflection. It puts the model into some kind of narrative and visual space.

I think this smaller piece is probably on a technical level my tightest painting to date. After considering why I have came to conclusion that is was through my working methods and use of the computer screen. I usually use multiple source images at a 1:1 scale so that the computer screen and any source images are the exact same size as the painting surface. I found that with my larger works the over sized scale stretches the image to an extent that is pixelates the image and produces digital noise. I was getting bogged down with incorporating this into my works so that the larger ones wasn't as tightly painted. By reducing the paintings sized it has got rid of the pixel distortion so that I can concentrate on the actual face and skin textures as they are and more in keeping with reality and how we see.

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`nimra Apr 15, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Simon as you know i love your work but how you do it in 14 days......im still sharping my pencils at that stage! that's in no way a criticism but and admiration.....Armin
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~Simzzzz Apr 16, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Hey Armin, many thanks and no offense taken at all, I have the upmost respect for what you say and your artworks.

If I'm honest I was shocked myself at how quickly I produced these newer smaller paintings. I think two things play a part. Firstly I was so used to making big paintings and taking 2-3 months that reducing them so small (40x60cm ) I would take around that long to do that size anyway within my bigger pieces. if that makes sense.
Secondly I work from a computer screen with multiple source images, but I zoom in so the screen and the painting are coordinated to the same size. In doing so I was stretching the source images and digital noise and pixelation was occurring which I was also getting bogged down with and including into my works. Now because they are so small, there is no digital distortion to decipher and include so it also speeds things up.

The last painting was slightly longer though and was 20 days haha ;) although framing and varnish isnt included into that.

All the Best
Simon
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`nimra Apr 16, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
thanks Simon, i use the computer more and more as well its a tool if you let it expand your vision, some get trapped within it, that when its artistically destructive...as always my friend great job!

Armin
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~AWILSONT Apr 2, 2013
14 days.. wow! incredible man!
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*fractalhead Mar 17, 2013
nice work indeed
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~broadstreetstudio Mar 15, 2013
Great work Simon,
Best,
Jason
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~Simzzzz Mar 16, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Many thanks Jason
hope your all good.
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*hardart-kustoms Mar 15, 2013   Traditional Artist
WOW! beautiful work!
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~Simzzzz Mar 15, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
thanks :)
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~MikeLangston Mar 13, 2013
Just fantastic, so real and life like, great detail ! Contrast is off the hook, love ever inch of this !!
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