"Psychological drawing
A woman stood sideways in front of the easel, her upper body slightly turned to the camera, her posture focused and agile - her right hand held a brush covered with cobalt blue pigment, and the tip of the pen was hanging above the canvas, as if she was considering the direction of the next stroke; her left hand held the palette, her thumb hooked the edge of the board, and her ring finger and little finger unconsciously rubbed the oil color marks on the light gray apron. Her makeup is clear and casual, and the base makeup has a slight graininess, which simulates the real skin texture of "undeliberate modification". The eyebrow shape is a thick wild eyebrows, which is randomly combed with eyegel, and the ends of the eyebrows are slightly messy; the eyebrow makeup is stained with a large area of cold gray eyeshadow, with a little silver gray flashing at the end of the eyes swept through the end of the eyes, and the natural curve is retained after the eyelash curler, and there is a faint blue shadow near the head of the eyes, revealing the fatigue of staying up late creation; the lip color is a matte clay color, the lip line is blurred, and there is a trace of inadvertent cobalt blue pigment at the corners of the mouth, as if it has just been applied with your fingers. The hair is dark brown and low-bunned, and a few strands of broken hair drooped to the forehead with gypsum powder. The top of her head is tilted with a beige painter's hat covered with paint. The hair under the brim of the hat is slightly curled by the sun, showing the artist's unruly temperament.
Clothing details
She was wearing an oversize white cotton shirt with three unbuttons on the neck, revealing her delicate collarbone and an old silver necklace, the pendant was a miniature palette with a "dip" of mottled pigment at the edges. There was a light gray linen apron on the outside, with several brushes of different models in the pocket of the chest. The waist of the apron was tied casually with a brown belt, and a bronze key was hung on the belt buckle. The shirt cuffs rolled to the elbow, revealing the watercolor paint stains (interlaced with lilac, bright yellow, and cobalt blue) on the forearm. The wrist is wearing a multi-layered leather bracelet, one of which is strung with square pineapple, echoing the main tone on the palette. There were paints of various colors remaining in her fingertips and in the cracks of her nails, so real that it would continue to sprinkle on the canvas in the next second.
Light and shadow and atmosphere
The afternoon sun shines diagonally from the studio skylight, forming a bright side light on the right side of the character, with sharp highlights on the bridge of the nose and cheekbones, and the left cheeks are sunken in a shadow, and the unfinished line projection on the canvas can be vaguely seen in the shadow. The palette in her hand reflected the sunlight, the cobalt blue pigment showed a silky luster under the light, and the paint at the tip of the brush drips hanging without falling, as if time was still at this moment. The floor lamp next to the easel is lit with a warm yellow halo, and the light gently hits the folds of the apron, and the texture of the fabric and the details of the pigment stains are clearly portrayed. The smell of turpentine oil and the faint woody fragrance of flaxseed oil float in the air, and a few crumpled sketches are scattered on the ground, creating a real atmosphere of "creation".
Art style and lens angle
It adopts a style that combines realism and expressionism. The picture quality is as delicate as oil painting brushstrokes, with rich colors but not vulgar, focusing on depicting the texture of the paint and the hand dynamics of the characters. The lens is shot at a head-up angle, and the view is taken from above the chest. The focus is accurately locked on the character's eyebrows, hand movements and color palette details. The background easel, stacked canvas, and sketches on the wall are blurred with a shallow depth of field, retaining only blurred color blocks and lines, highlighting the subject's "creator" identity. Close-ups of local features such as gypsum powder on eyelashes, pigment stains on apron, and old traces of necklace pendants are all enhanced by delicate brushstrokes, allowing the viewer to feel the breathing and thinking in front of the canvas.
Background scene
The background is an artistic studio with unpainted cement primary colors on the wall, and a few unfinished oil paintings are piled up on the corner of the wall on the left, and the color blocks and lines on the canvas are radiant; on the windowsill on the right are placed various paint jars, turpentine oil bottles and a bunch of withered sunflowers, and the stems are also stained with dried ochre-colored pigments. A semi-finished canvas is supported on the easel behind the character. The main color is the collision of cobalt blue and ochre, and the texture of the linen hanging on the edge of the canvas is clearly visible. The walls in the distance were nailed with dense sticky notes and sketches, and one of them was written with a red pen on the paper, which echoed the light and shadow in the picture. The entire background is mainly low-saturated gray, white and brown. The occasionally popped up cobalt blue and ochre colors form a color closed loop with the character's clothing and props, which is both rich and not overwhelming. "
