Original Painting

Was invited back the next week to paint from a live model. Couldn't pass that up! Once out of school it is rare to get an opportunity to paint live models, unless you can tie down or drug your own family members. (A course of action I am NOT advocating.) So here's the mostly finished piece. Still have some work to do on the background which may, or may not get done.

Rossetti Copy

Was privileged to be invited to participate in a painting exercise recently, where we painted a copy of a favorite portrait. I chose Rossetti's Persephone, as it is one of my all time favorites. The colors and the technique fit right into my personal aesthetics.

Here's the original (on the left in case I really need to say. And my copy is on the right. I think I did pretty well overall.

Tatterhood Study

Practicing painting skills for my fairy tale illustrations. This is just a study. Trying to get facial proportions and skin tones down. Already realized, after initial posting that both these illustrations have the left hand coming up in some awkward way. Trust me when I say that I have created work in between these two pieces which did NOT have the figure holding their left hand up to their face.