matt harvey art
Portrait paintings, art demonstrations, figurative painting, landscapes
Ballet dancer painting ‘Croise derriere en l’air’
Painted in Raw Umber and white. Raw Umber bistre to start with, and then worked into with some white. I am trying to paint like a drawing, and sculpt a painting! I would like to make something reminiscent of sculpture on the painted surface. When I paint the line I am carving it, modelling the paint and then refining by taking it away. This is also how I initially do the underpainting for portraits, or any painting. As a sculptor who likes to carve stone, in my mind I am always ‘carving’, whatever I am working on.
matt harvey art 
Very interesting post. I love the idea of “sculpting” while you paint. It certainly adds vital form and depth to the work.
Thank you I’m glad it shows in the work!