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March 15, 2007
The slow process
You might not see too much difference in my updated Adoption piece today, but I did work on it, I did! One of my biggest challenges is that I decided to use this inlaid photo of Sara and Eliana. It was hard to keep Sara from looking like Barbie. (I bet Sara is laughing right now) Well, Sara is tall and blonde and thin, but she looks very human and not Barbie/plastic-like. Sara has a wonderful big smile (that my cousin Sam mirrors quite well) and the teeth! Oh my goodnes, what did I get myself into! I was groaning and huffing in my little art corner last night as Joel watched TV, "What am I doing trying to paint teeth!!" I've been telling my two drawing students that life drawing does still contain a smidge of illusion. If you can suggest that the object is round than that's good enough! And I have sucessfully, in the past, suggested teeth without having to paint every...single...one. Not that I'm truly complaining, I am trying to improve and I will master these teeth, because it is a beautiful part of Sara's personality toward her daughter, I mean, shouldn't all of us mom's have a huge, unrestrained grin for our children? I want to portray Sara's teeth as the evidence of one of these very satisfying smiles. I think I've figured out the shape, the gums, the angles etc. but I have to make it a lot softer, I exagerated the lines so I could get it right, and it does look a bit scary with the big dark lines. Thanks for trudging through the process with me guys.
So besides having to blend all the floral details and add more movement etc. these are my favorite parts. The paint-penned letters that frame Eliana's face and the blueing of the back portrait of Sara.
fine art | By | 9:41 AM
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I found you through Andrea from Hula Seventy and I am glad I did. Thank you for sharing your talent.
You will be seeing more of me for sure
Wishing you well
Danielle a.k.a. taureandevi
Posted by: Danielle at March 19, 2007 8:09 PM
time to get out the plastic skull from life drawing class and draw it over and over again, from all angles. But the colors are glorious, especially the blue letter on the rich dark face...
Posted by: molly at March 18, 2007 9:12 PM
Wow, every time I look again at the painting it grows and changes so beautifully, just like a child. I suppose a painting is a little like a child, huh? And I did laugh at the Barbie comment, because I am so not Barbie. But thank you anyway.
Posted by: Sara at March 18, 2007 3:37 PM
