Finished! Self Portrait: Blue Jeanz

22x15 watercolor and gouache on Arches 140 lb cold press paper. I can't see anything else to do to make me look better, LOL! Except this is a much younger version! Now will be thinking of a figure to do for the upcoming 23 April workshop.

Step 6 - Figure

Most of the blouse is done, now to attack the purse/tote bag. Gouache is added to the background and to facial planes, and I'll warm up skin tones with DaVinci's permanent red, an orangey-red. So almost done in this step.

step 4 figure

With this detail you can see I've put in most of the hair sections and background. Some layering will be needed and I got the stamping too heavy but this can always be addressed in different ways such as adding gouache, acrylics, latex acrylics, Caran D'Ache or whatever.

Next Steps 2 & 3 WIP

Details here of steps 2 and 3 of upper shoulders and head with the vase behind. Don't worry, I won't leave my eyes so startled looking. There's a ways to go yet. I'm just using watercolor at this point.

Morning Shadows - Finished Work

It is finally finished and was a long process for me, 22x15 in size, and was worth the step by step. I hope the viewers enjoyed watching this work in progress as much as I did.

WIP Detail Morning Glories Shadows

The lower portion of the painting can be seen here in a close up detail of the bottom leaf and beginning shadows on the all white morning glory. I especially like the furled bud with its spiral twists. Stay tuned for more.

Work in Progress: Blue & White Morning Glories

This bottom image shows you that I selected a blue and white morning glory photo taken at Lake Ransom Canyon. I turned the paper vertically then drew in pencil over the acrylic underpainting, but will paint in watercolor. The flowers will not be identical to the photo as I'm not doing photorealism, but fine art. Middle image shows top right background design; background will be very interesting with lots of shapes and other ephemera whereas flowers will be simple. They already have the underpainting to establish a varied pattern of cool blues and whites.