Winter Blues

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I created this sheet of paste paper (in the background) quite some time ago, but I just never seemed to find an image for the over painting that felt suitable...until now!  

 Wrapped

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This girl was standing among a crowd of people in the background of one of my reference photos.  I looked at that photo many times before realizing she was even there.  Fun to find such hidden treasures to paint!

Emerging

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There were a lot of firsts for me with this painting - one of them being those water droplets. It took me a bit to figure out how to make them appear as though they were rolling off the skin rather than growing from it, but I think I finally got there.



 Stargazer

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Oh, I had FUN with this one!  The only bit of frustration was in scanning the image for this post. No matter how much I tweaked things, I just couldn't match the deep, rich turquoise blue in the background of the original.  Try to imagine it, will you?

Bright Eyed

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The real challenge in working from this reference photo was the intense bright light that washed away some of the edges and facial features.  I really had to work at painting what I was seeing rather than what I know to be true, especially where the mouth and teeth were concerned.  I so wanted to finish that top lip!

A Feather in His Cap

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This cowboy's hat has the feel of many a hard day's work. I guess the cowboy does, too, for that matter! But the hat was the reason I chose to work from this reference photo of mine. The feather was an added bonus for painting.  I must say I enjoyed every second of my time at the easel with this one.

Windblown

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I'm having such fun with this series of portraits! This gal is another from the group of musicians at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine.  She was actually playing a harp, but it was the challenge of her accessories and those fly away strands of hair that I chose to focus on.  I knew the painting was complete when I caught myself attempting to push the hair from my own eyes as I worked!

 Shine On

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I'm not going to lie.  I felt very much in the weeds with this painting.  I was excited by the strong light in the reference photo I had taken, but quickly realized the difficulty in tackling it and trying to capture a likeness as well.  As soon as I let go of the latter, things began to take an upward turn, however.  And, when all was said and done, it did end up looking a bit (kinda, sorta, maybe just a little) like Derek - nephew and twin brother to Jesse (see 1/2/11 post).  Just kinda, sorta, though...

 At One

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This musician was one in a group of several at the Common Ground Fair a few years back.  It was his intensity that I was looking to capture in this painting.

The Sky's the Limit

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This is a painting of Jesse, one of my twin nephews.  As I painted in his beard, I chuckled to think how we all still refer to both he and his brother, Derek, as "the boys".  How time flies...