Songs of Silk

It was a painting marathon of sorts. I woke up and went straight to the easel and spent most of the day doing this. Surprisingly enough, I liked how this turned out at every stage. That rarely happens! I took time to work on this one but with a deadline in mind. Today I mostly used the Rosemary masters choice brushes as opposed to the Ivory line and I liked how they could hold a lot of paint and how easy it was to maintain a sharp edge! And now am tempted to order more! Posting some progress pics:

 

    

Playing the blues

I had started working on this a few days ago and waited too long before I got back to it. The under lying paint was too dry and I almost had to start over fresh. I played around with the background a lot before deciding to go with what I have now. I also decided not to put in much detail on the models face. 

Wings of Fire

This is the first in a series of figurative paintings that I am planning to do. I posted a picture of the painting earlier, though I felt it needed some more work. I added some variation to the background, upped the value scale on the figure and increased the details on the scarf. After the round of tweaks, I think its done!

Garden chores

Its still in progress. I am just about done with filling the canvas with the overall colors in the painting. Yet to build it all up and finish it off. I'll be sure to post when its done.  

The Exhibit

The subject lends itself well to studies, good for drawing and exercising the value scale. I want to aim for more finesse and varied brushwork the next time around. 

Poised in Pose

I was a little too excited to render the Silk in the costume that I painted all of it first. I realized that the high value contrast is what makes it shine! I struggled quite a bit when I finally got around to painting the facial features. The scale was too small for comfort. I'll remember to go big the next time I am painting the full figure. This is meant as a gift though and I thought 5x7 would be a good size.