Last week’s Let’s Face It lesson was taken by Kara Bullock and amazingly – thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday – I was able to start and complete the piece within the span of one day. The purpose of the lesson was to draw a full figure in a seated position with the face and hands particularly prominent in the piece. As I am prone to do, I deviated from the lesson a little in order to a) save time and b) make it more me, but I used most of the techniques demonstrated in the lesson and kept to the spirit of the lesson. I decided my figure looked like an acrobat as a rest so that then suggested the bold colour scheme. I like the combination of red and turquoise so I was happy to break out that colour palette again. While the nose got bigger and broader the more I worked on it and the hand is rather underdeveloped, I am fairly pleased with how this painting turned out – especially because I got it done and dusted in one day.
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Fabulous!
Thank you very much!
So much fun! She does look like a circus performer contemplating her next act
Thank you, Ellie.
I love the arm and hand positioning – and the light on the knees. Your colour choices are fabulous!
Thank you, Pauline. I especially appreciate the comment about the hand position as I was not sure I had that correct at all.
Laura, this is bloody gorgeous!
Thank you so much, Michael!
This is a top ten. Wow!
Really? Wow. Thank you. I was happy enough with it but didn’t think it was that great. Just proves again that it’s almost impossible for me to be objective.
Cool! The colours are awesome, and I love her stripey legs! It must have been satisfying to complete a piece in a day as well, I’d say you’re rushed off your feet just now!
Thank you. It was having time off over Thanksgiving that freed up my time. No work, no taking the kids here, there, and everywhere, no commitments. I obviously still didn’t get it done in one sitting but in stages across the day. It was definitely satisfying. It annoys me to have half-finished pieces sitting around all week.
I hear you! I have more than a few half-finished knitting projects sitting around here in Beastie Towers! It sounds like you and your family had a lovely Thanksgiving all around – I wish we’d embraced the holiday over here, instead of just the Black Friday sales!
She is sooo beautiful! Deserves to be hanged on a wall! So sweet!
Thank you. I’ve been taken aback by the positive response to this piece. I really didn’t expect it to be as well received.
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