This is my attempt at a portrait of Don Strom. (here's a little info about Don written by my good friend Jane LaFazio)...I'm not a portrait artist but I gave it a shot! Its just the beginning of the painting....charcoal drawing with acrylic warm washes.
The semi completed section for Brandon Gallery's Inch by Inch fundraiser. Here are the details.....
and a 2 part demo for you......Masa paper watercolor with a wet into wet approach. The paper was glued down to a regular peice of watercolor paper for support.
and here is the next step.....negative painting for the most part. I used white gouche too to build up some lighter values around the pattern....I'm taking it with me on the trip....so...you'll get to see the results..Till then!
3 comments:
Really like the portrait and what a delicious mix of colour . . . the puple and green!
Where in NZ will you be Helen? Not that I can take time of work to attend any workshops. Too sad. :(
Very much looking forward to seeing you, and learning from you. Also scared - I have a tremendous lot to learn!
Oh! Helen, how totally sweet a portrait of don and the link. I'm grinning and don will be so pleased. Xoxo
Bon voyage
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