Posts Tagged ‘book’

29
Nov

Reading

Posted in All, Figures, Pastels  by Jill

Pastel portrait painting of a young woman reading.

Pastel painting   9 inches x 12 inches

Please contact me if you are interested in this or similar artwork.

Loosen up! I wanted to do a quick figure painting, a sketch really, playing around with color and expressive strokes. Every once in a while it helps to play with your medium, in this case pastel, and get away from your usual approach. I liked the diagonal composition and using complimentary colors, red and green, which make the piece really zing! I’m not sure that my daughter Manda would recognize herself, but I wasn’t really looking to create and exact pastel portrait. Just having fun!

I’m currently working on a pastel portrait of mother and child for one of my art clients. This one will be a much tighter rendition. I’ll post it soon…


This artwork was created with:
Paper:
Leaf Green Dark Art Spectrum Pastel Paper

Medium: Rembrandt Pastels and Sennelier Pastels

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13
Dec

Vacation Read

Posted in All, Figures, From life, Watercolors  by Jill
Watercolor painting of a young woman in a bathing suit engrossed in a book.

Watercolor painting of a young woman in a bathing suit engrossed in a book.

Watercolor painting 4.5 inches x 7 inches       $80

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Nothing better than a good book at the beach! This woman was completely engrossed in her novel and never noticed me painting her. And she barely moved an inch the whole time. A perfect model for a  watercolor figure painting on a sunny lazy day.

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