I started a portrait of my granddaughter. I knew it needed more work, but sometimes I am afraid I am going to make a subject look worse instead of better, so I took a photo of this stage. The thing I don't like about oil painting is - there is no control-Z function! Once you make a mistake you live with it or correct it - you can't undo it.
Here I have worked on it a second time, moving the eyes further apart and adding darks and lights. It is still a long ways to go and I like some things about the first one better, but as Helen Van Wyk says "Make it, break it, and make it again." So I will forge ahead.
You've captured the sparkle in her eyes! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI showed it to Jane and she said, "I like it so much! It's pretty."
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