A most BEATIFUL sunrise yesterday morning...
and then found pink on one of my easels as I cleared things today...
I quickly decided to paint on a book page today
it's been awhile ;)
I started out with a stick of charcoal
and white heavy bodied paint
I challenged myself
to paint with only one brush
and two colors.
just to change things up...
but I became so excited when I thought about
using
Paynes Gray with Quinacridone Azo Gold
mixed together ish for the dark parts of her face...
(I've used this combo before, but it's been a long time)
I loved the soft green hue
and the depth it gave
her face ;)
sooo...
that was the end of 2 colors
and now 3 introduced.
and I loved it all so much!
I started having fun and actually
enjoyed the struggle
I always have with faces, even though they are my favorite thing to paint!
WHAT!?
then she really started talking to me...
ya' all know how that is if you paint portraits ;)
it gets REAL INTERESTING at times!
i forced myself to paint lighter than i normally do
and always start out to try
but never make it in the end, ha!
this was very thin fragile paper
and i learned so much in keeping it
LIGHT yet LOOSE.
SO MUCH
she began to come alive...
i felt (almost) as if i was learning anew,
all over again,
REFRESHING
JOYOUS
GRATEFUL
and more.
it's hard to explain in depth, but i bet some of you
understand ;)
i don't know how to make videos
and i thought i would snap these
photos as i went along, for myself,
for many reasons.
and then thought, I'd share for all the sharing reasons ;)
i introduced one other color,
a hand mixed red and white bottle i keep handy
for cheeks and such.
i also thought to keep her hair do simplistic for now ;)
the background and bodice, i used all the colors on the pallet...
and
she found her dress,
lying on top of some gel medium (how convenient)
so i smudged up those same pallet colors and
glued this little bit of lace down.
then she spoke her words...
i don't care for the black mat, but it's just lying on her.
i simply cannot believe the skies some
days.
XOXO
