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She’s painted

August 16th, 2006

And here she is, painted. I printed out the scan on watercolor paper (should have made the scan lighter and sepia, but ah well.) The sketch got darker in printing plus the addition of the washes makes her look older than she was. Oh, and the reason the shoulders are uneven is that she had one arm resting up on a table.

The next time I go I’m going to have to see if I can sit closer and try doing a watercolor portrait from life rather than just a sketch.

7 Comments »

  1. Karen,
    You have a wonderful talent! I think you did a wonderful job!

    I see your wonderful portrait of a woman of maturity, a woman whom has dedicate her life to her family, giving all of herself to the commitment of caring for others. However, now with her children grown, she now has time for herself. Letting her hair down and having a moment that is just hers to enjoy. Free to express herself.

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful artwork with us.

    Best regards,
    Mindy

    Comment by Mindy Candelaria — August 16, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
  2. I think it turned our really nicely and it was interested reading about the day and what you were dealing with. I hadn’t realized you could print on watercolor paper and still paint on it. I’m pretty sure my printer ink isn’t waterproof. I’ll have to try it. Maybe since it’s a figure drawing group it’s assumed you’ll be drawing the figure so getting close enough to clearly see features isn’t as important. If the room was set up for portrait drawing, it would probably be different. But how often does one find a portrait drawing group?!

    Comment by Jana Bouc — August 16, 2006 @ 11:30 pm
  3. gorgeous.

    Comment by melissa w — August 17, 2006 @ 9:24 am
  4. This portrait is lovely. I have a question similar to Jana’s - what size was this artwork and which printer do you use? I’m fascinated by the thought that you dont have to go digital to work further on a drawing and that you dont need to destroy something you’d like to experiment with :D

    Comment by Ujwala — August 17, 2006 @ 8:11 pm
  5. Ujwala, the sketch was about 8 x 10, and the watercolor is the same size. I printed it in my inkjet on a piece of wc paper I cut to that size. I wish I had printed it in sepia colored ink and made the ink lighter, though. The dark lines bother me but oh, well. I learn from each experiment.

    Comment by Karen — August 17, 2006 @ 10:28 pm
  6. Fantastic Karen!
    I just signed up for a life drawing class starting in September.
    This will be my first time doing life drawing so we will see what happens.
    So your questions about distance interest me.
    The description of the class i am taking says we will first work from photos and then a nude model to create quick gestures and work up to longer poses.
    I’ll be letting aeveryone know how it goes.

    Comment by Toni — August 18, 2006 @ 5:45 am
  7. Toni, I’ll be interested to hear how you are enjoying it. This isn’t a class, just a drop in open session sort of thing, uninstructed. I probably would benefit from a real structured class but it’s so difficult with an unpredictable schedule.

    Comment by Karen — August 18, 2006 @ 7:46 am

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