Before sitting down with her this morning, I was unsure whether or not I would touch the face. I thought maybe I wanted to leave it as was and just finish up the background and journal part.
But as we were face to face, eyeball to eyeball, with paints at hand, a little voice from the gut said, "you haven't tried painting with your new tool wet-on-dry yet. That was the only excuse I needed.
So I did alter her chin, I frequently end up with a chin too long. To see what I did, scroll down to the prior post. I added detail in the eyes and nose. Then I did what I always do. I made sure that I had some of my darkest dark right next to my lightest light. Color value is one of my core elements.
Expect more tool painting,
Sharon
so wonderful...what a neat core element- i hadn't thought about color value in that way. i'd only gone as far as color in general. see, i always learn something from you!
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon: Hope your day is going well, you have this lovely page to think about while at your other work and making a plan for the next thing.
ReplyDeleteRemembering the lights and darks is
so important, I don't always remember, I did with the watercolor paintings, to get the best of my buildings and other arrangements as I was always hunting for things to bring out that just happened.
Ok I need to work on blood shot eyes on my women, not keeping that really clean. One is going into a quilt and a piece of sheer curtain will cover part of her so not to worry about that eye. The tool does work good on dry, I felt sort of cheating when tampering with a face last night.
My bottom of the bin, scrap, horrible quilt has been reconstructed and is moderately fine. Spent a lot of time fixing.
I must do it right the first time.
Off to see if I can see faces in the compost as I feed the garden for next year. Emelie
Sharon, this is absolutely wonderful! I love the colors! I have my tool ready but need to try to apply like you did yours!
ReplyDeleteI love your new tool idea and the great art you have been making! I'm glad I visited today.
ReplyDeleteyou sure do well by that tool!
ReplyDeleteI am sooo giving this a try this weekend!
ReplyDeleteVery creative technique and I am so happy to be back in the artistic fold. I am off to read more entries and glad both boys are better.
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon, your work is so beautiful. You have such an eye for color and composition. Such talent!
ReplyDeleteI have been afraid to give faces a try, I really have no talent for drawing, but I think I'm gonna give it a try!! :)
She is beautiful!! You have really outdone yourself this time! All I can say is "WOW"
ReplyDeleteSharon! Love, love love your paintings. Hey, may I ask....what do you use to write your words???
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xoxox