A week ago I started watching Art Soul Gathering, a free online art retreat hosted by Ida Andersen Lang. The instructor of the first lesson was Melanie Rivers, an artist I like very much, who was the reason that I signed up for this. We were painting a face forward portrait with the moon in the background by using acrylic paints with a limited color palette. Since I didn't have the exact colors Melanie used, I chose Payne's Gray, Titanium White, Prism Violet and Alizarin Crimson Hue. I have never worked much with violet, but since I like the combination of purple and red I thought these might be good colors.
I was glad that the woman had her eyes closed - it was hard enough for me to paint the face without worrying about the eyes. Very soon I realized that violet was not the best choice I made, so I used more of the Alizarin Crimson that I mixed with the Payne's Gray and also the Titanium White. Violet got on the moon to show that actually there was only a sliver of the moon. Since you can't really see this I decided to draw black swirls in the moon - I do like swirls and they often turn up in my art making. Melanie used filbert brushes which I did at first as well, but I prefer painting with round brushes. I didn't get quite the result with the filbert and therefore after a while changed to a round brush. Do you prefer a brush over another?
This is for Nicole's Friday Face Off. This has really encouraged me to try paint more faces.
11 comments:
Lovely piece!
Nice painting, Carola. I especially like the flowers on her dress.
I have most painted with brushes and acrylics. A short time ago I started to paint with colored pencils, which means that I colore with pens. When the paper is good for that, I like a lot to paint art with them. Just now I'm painting the portrait of a deer.
Happy weekend 🌺💚🎨
Ohh I so love this. The colors are amazing and the expression emotional. Well done my friend. Thank you for joining Friday Face OFF and have a lovely day.
Thank you (so much) for sharing some of your artistic journey.
Beautiful colours in this painting.
All the best Jan
Fabulous piece. I painted 2 versions, but with other colours, too. Have a great weekend, hugs, Valerie
You do so well, Carola. There is so much to like about this painting and the expression on the face is nothing less than enigmatic. I can easily attribute different sentiments to it each time I look at it. There fact that you pick up your brushes to attempt it is a testament to your creative spirit. Well done! Best wishes - David
I love the colors you have used, Carola! The lady looks serene and mysterious. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Nice work. I'd like to try my hand again with acrylics, it's been a while. I tend to use a round brush more in watercolour, I think it varies with acrylics.
I'm glad you are going to paint more faces. I don't paint, but I like this face!
I could have used that color mix a week or so ago! Beautiful colors and work.
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