I darkened the background and added a face, I’m hoping that the image becomes quite dark, almost gothic with highly contrasted highlights. But I also really like it as it is at the moment too :)
Month: June 2016
What I have been doing.
I am slowly easing myself back into painting more, I’ve identified that my lack of painting was triggered by this ‘Pink Lady’ painting https://phloem.co.uk/2016/01/27/pink-lady-is-finished/ which I really didn’t like and it sort of put me off painting. However I now realise that there are elements about it that I do like which I’ve tried to…
Watch me paint – Sweet girl and cat
I recorded myself painting ‘Sweet girl and cat’ – As you will see I spent way too long on shading her face and feel I ended up covering some of her features leaving her looking a bit bland. In future I think I will try to be happy with more roughly blended areas that add…
New whimsical painting – Sweet girl and cat
So, I finally managed to complete a new whimsical illustration! Yay! It felt so good to be painting with bright colours using some of my favourite supplies. It also amazed me as to how easy it was to get back into the flow of it.. I guess painting is like riding a bike, you can’t…
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