Painting the girls

I have been taking Jane DesRosier (Gritty Jane)'s online class.

This ethnic-looking girl is painted starting from black, adding darker values and using blue/ green tones for the contours of her face to create the shape. The lighter tones are added. So now I know how she achieves the wonderful depth she gets in her paintings and with her faces. Since the class was only several hours long, I decided to do her class this weekend. It really will take some practice but I want to learn all the different ways to paint a face since that is what I love to do the best.

The painting below was also starting from black. I painted her just before Christmas before I had even signed up for Jane's class. I thought it was rather interesting that I started this one from black then that's what Jane taught in her class. This girl actually started out to be an angel with a halo which turned into a hat and wings that turned into trees. She looks a bit miffed because I think she actually wanted to be an angel.

Folk Art-Grunge Edge

Here is a Folk Art painting that I painted fairly recently with some edges applied. I could sit here all day and create these edges--it's fun. This is Frida as a child before the eyebrows grew in---just kidding. Frida was actually very beautiful but oh what a tragic life. But I must get on with my other task as hand. I get rather hypnotized as I sit here applying different edges. That's not good! Hope everyone has a lovely and creative day.

PS-- I have lesson 3 completed of my online calligraphy brush marker class that will be offered through Creative Workshops. I worked the whole day yesterday. I am getting the hang of iMove and it just gets funner and funner! (new word--funner) Still don't like my wrinkled hands! I need that Avon hands stuff.

Daytime--Nighttime

These are small ones---4x6.

More tomorrow!