Friday, November 15, 2013

Claire

On Tuesday when my plein air group was supposed to meet we had rain and snow showers...not quite what you need to paint outdoors. So I headed over to Bellport and joined the SBAA portrait group.
I hadn't done a real portrait in quite a while (just quick sketches of people) so it took me a while to get into the grove. Claire posed for us in what I guess is sort of a Mexican vest and hat. Doing a black hat against black hair was not easy. This is 5 x 7.


4 comments:

  1. Lovely portrait. So hard in watercolours

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  2. You handled the slight shadow under her hat so well! It's hard getting delicate shading on the face without over-doing it. Nice job!

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  3. You handled the black on black beautifully, Joan!

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  4. Thanks Polly, Tina, and Sherry!!! I was happy with it. I'll have to start going more often. I'm rusty.

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