Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Dream Clouds, WIP continued

I'm still working on this large portrait. It's getting more filled in, still lots to do though. I'm going to continue with the background, and then maybe tackle her hair later. I still like how it's going, & love working this large!


Sunday, July 14, 2013

Skater Portrait

I had a vendor table at a local skating competition this week. While there, I worked on this new portrait (nothing like people watching over your shoulder!). It's almost finished; I particularly like the way the skates turned out. Now will turn back to the other one I've been working on, a big one & it's so fun! I love to paint!!
  


Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Dream Clouds, WIP

I'm working on a new portrait. Enjoying it very much, but currently struggling w/ mixing shadowed skin tones. I keep going back & forth between too warm/ too cool, and it never looks quite right. Watching tutorials tonight on mixing skin tones to see if I can get a better handle on it! Here's the WIP.


And after another couple hours of work, it's definitely improved. Happy to keep it moving in the right direction. :)

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