http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery 70 photos in 5 albums en-US Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:25:01 -0800 Gallery 1.4.4, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/oils/Creation_October_2005_28x2_Small.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery 118 150 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=oils dd2f7123809a2836459b9706e146fbff Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:22:36 -0800 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=oils http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/oils/Creation_October_2005_28x2_Small.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/oils/Creation_October_2005_28x2_Small.sized.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/oils/Creation_October_2005_28x2_Small.thumb.jpg Oil paint is an attractively versatile medium. It is translucent and slow-drying because it is made of raw pigments, cured linseed oil, and liquified resin. These properties enable the artist to blend and manipulate intricate gradations of tone and to work with thin glazes or thick impastos for desired effects. As a result, more realistic and formal portraits are often associated with this medium. http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=acrylic 5175442ed18318607b5af5ad7567115e Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:03:07 -0700 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=acrylic http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/acrylic/Jazz_copy.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/acrylic/Jazz_copy.sized.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/acrylic/Jazz_copy.thumb.jpg Acrylic is the most energetic of mediums. Due to its fast-drying, plastic base, the artist can work quickly. Through the artist's accelerated perception, impressionistic qualities emerge on the canvas. Clients looking to commission more than a photographic image will delight in the raw vitality that is created by swift, deft brushstrokes. http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Murals a607bd8f353aba0b2c48a794aaec48dc Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:08:04 -0700 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Murals http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/Murals/full_wall_straight_on.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/Murals/full_wall_straight_on.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/Murals/full_wall_straight_on.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=charcoal 62dc9084aa95bef17cfeb83c389ad88a Sat, 27 May 2006 19:06:34 -0700 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=charcoal http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/charcoal/D_hand_on_head.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/charcoal/D_hand_on_head.sized.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/charcoal/D_hand_on_head.thumb.jpg In the absence of color, charcoal portraits create a dramatic focus on form as revealed by light and shadow. Applied to a toothed paper with fingers, this medium uses sensory techniques that heighten the emotional power of the portrait. Though charcoal on paper may age more quickly, it is often preferred for its stark elegance. http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=studies 4c0f25a5b34afc93edaa0c6e592a5942 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:13:43 -0800 http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=studies http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/studies/gouache_stud.thumb.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/studies/gouache_stud.sized.jpg http://www.portraitsbybrooke.com/albums/studies/gouache_stud.thumb.jpg Quick sketches or studies from life offer a concision not found in other mediums. Every line made is a line seen; no erasures are possible. As a result, the precision and character of the line expresses the fundamentals of form and gesture. In a sense the pure essence of the model is captured with the greatest economy.