Beauty is in the eye of the beholder WIP 1

I would like to introduce you to Naomi, Heidi and Gisele my Calla lily super models (grin) . When my daughter and I went to the florist they were carefully stuffed with cotton wool to help keep them looking beautiful. Definitely our supermodels. James and I have been busy photographing them over the last couple of days and we plan to take more reference shots as they open up some more.





I have also drawn out a first rough sketch. There are several things I will change when I draw it out properly but I hope you can begin to see what I am striving for. I hope to make the model merge into the background and become the calla lilies. You cannot see it in this very rough sketch but on and around the leaf eye there will also be droplets of water in which I hope to paint tiny but beautiful wild flowers.




Lastly I would like to share with you this wonderful quote which, along with the supermodel versus everyday teenage girl idea, has helped to inspire me.

"Some flowers spoke with strong
and powerful voices, which proclaimed
in accents trumpet-tongued,"I am beautiful,
and I rule". Others murmured in tones
scarcely audible, but exquisitely soft and sweet,
"I am little, and I am beloved."

Armandine A.L. Dupin 1804-1876 French writer

Once I have all my reference photo's I will draw out the outline in more detail and add in the wildflower dewdrops in and around the calla leaf eye.

Ona