After many months of painstaking effort (alright, so I'm feeling dramatic!) Cherish and I were finally able to lay down our paintbrushes and declare our painting FINISHED!
After MUCH delay, here are the paintings I've been working on over the past few months. Ta-daa!
This is my latest, taken from an original photo by Ryan Yamashita. I like the simplicity of the color scheme, and the contrasting textures of the nails/lips and skin. I enjoyed painting this one, despite the red paint not wanting to look right with just one layer. Very much like painting real nails, haha.
I think I'm okay with how this turned out. The background was easy--almost laughably so--but with the fairy I had to wrestle with color once again. I learned that deciding on a color scheme is best done before starting a painting, especially when you're not using photo reference. Heh. But anyway, it's not too clashy... I hope.
With this one I used a different technique from my previous landscapes. More traditional, I suppose... not Bob Ross's wet-on-wet technique (which, in hindsight, would have probably turned out better). The original photo was from the Mottos for Success 2008 Planner. A little promotion, yay!
So that's it. I've got this grand new setup in my bedroom/art studio (oh how I wish!) that makes it more user-friendly (i.e. no Samson feats required to get my easel and paint boxes out from a corner between two wardrobes) SO I should be doing a LOT more painting in the near future.
