Day 17- It was only a matter of time before something like this happens. "Don't mess with my portrait." Bartman says. "I think it comes down to respecting what other artists do. When your going to build on an idea its good, when you eliminate it, its not good." We're all trying to make a painting that is our own personal signature. If you take those personal signatures out, your deluding the uniqueness of the project."
Not sure what was 'eliminated.' As I stated in my interview, I laid a violet-black 'couch' over all receding elements to help create a more plausible space. A 'couch' is a glaze applied over a large area. It adds only a translucent veil of color that allows all the marks beneath it to still exist in proper color and value relation. Respecting others' marks was on my mind when I chose the couch, but so was unifying the space and lighting. I am curious what people think about adding a glaze over top of the others' portraits. Was that disrespectful or within the boundaries of acceptability? And what about the bloody letters carved into my portrait's forehead? What do YOU think??
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