Mick Jagger portrait for Las Vegas Weekly
Another quick turnaround. I painted this Mick on Monday, adding finishing touches early Tuesday morning. The portrait is for a bit written about The Rolling Stones re-release of "Exile to Main St." Great album BTW . . .
The art director wanted a Mick Jagger of that era, 1972 to be exact. As previously mentioned, I only had one day to paint this, and luckily all they needed or wanted was a portrait. So to make it a bit more interesting, I thought it would be cool if I painted it to look like a vintage photo from the 70's. I made sure there were no harsh blacks in my palette, and used mostly warm colors, and looked at some vintage 70's pics for inspiration . . . listened to the Stones and then painted the day away! It was a fun little piece to work on.
These are two quick sketches that I did before painting, both sketches were done in about 30 minutes . . .
Before I get serious about rendering I paint with large brush strokes and squint my eyes . . . focusing on values and color temp. I like the way this block in looks.
15 Comments:
Nice work Jason!
Dirty! I love how even his shirt feels like him.
very nice
Great one !
Likeness (of course) but what a texture, what a light !
That's great.
fantastic!
Aw man.....
Cant thank you enough for posting the block in for this one.
AWESOME!
Beautiful work Jason - a much looser style for you - nice !
wow Jason!!! awesome painting!!
11:15 pm do you know where your brushes are? I bet they are in your hand - possibly mouth or behind the ear. Great job on Mick! Another feather in the cap and damn good illustration.
Un mick genial, igual que el 2009 book y el dvd "sketching with... gracias por compartir su arte y gracias por el autografo.
Great painting Jason! Its great to see your process and how important it is to get the values working on a broader scale than just going straight into details. Another incredible painting Jason!
Great piece!
Awesome! Great work, and thank you for share the process of making it.
Great, jason, great.
very lovely! is this acrylics or oils?
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