Good
morning everyone! Debs with you today
and I'm sharing one of my girls. She has been around for a few days pestering
me to paint her, until I finally had some time, and here she is. She looks to
me as if she is deep in thought. I wonder what about?
This is what I did
Using a
splatter page in my journal, I painted a rough shape where my head and body
were going to be, then with a selection of stencils created a bold background.
Building layers using similar colours
against contrasting ones, in a combination of greens and blues as well as reds
and dark pinks until there was enough depth. You can see in this photo, the
layer below, which was pigment powders activated with a Pearl mica spray.
The
face was painted with a chalk acrylic and water soluble pencils blended
together to provide highlights and shadows.
Using a
dark brown pencil, I drew in the features keeping them simple, blending and
adding colour as I built up her features with tones. Her eyes were brought to
life by giving them colour, as was her mouth. I continued to add shadows and highlights and sketch in her hair.
I
finished her her using a gloss finish acrylic paint for her hair with a black
crayon blended to add shadows in her hair and body.
What I used
Maybe
her thinking is connected to all the thinking I'm currently doing as I'm in training all week. Hope to see you around blogland, take care
Debs xx
She's beautiful, Deb - and I love the contemplative look in her eyes.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
She is, indeed, beautiful. Love all the shading. Lx
ReplyDeleteYour girl is just gorgeous Debs and I love the way you created the stencil background which looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
She's gorgeous, and I love the stencilled background Debs! xxx
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