Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Spinning a Tale WIP 4

I finally finished painting the background section yesterday so today I was able to start working on the woman's face.

When I start painting a portrait I usually begin with the eyes. I guess it helps me to connect with the person. This time though I just knew I had to start with her mouth. Maybe it’s because I needed to hear her telling her tale once again.


I’m still underpinning her features and working on the light and shade on her face. I’ll add the skin tones once I have worked on her eyes, the bridge of her nose and her forehead. I can hear her encouraging me along now :)


Ona

4 comments:

  1. Ona, I can't tell you how marvelous it is to be watching your progress on this. Thanks again.
    Carol B.

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  2. It's great to have company as I paint Carol. Help yourself to a cookie:)

    Ona

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  3. Ona, I don't know how I found your blog, but I'm so glad I did. This is beautiful work~ I can hardly wait for the next post!

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  4. I'm happy to meet you too Elizabeth.

    Ona

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