Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Quinn



Quinn

20" x 16"
Oil on hardwood Panel

When I started painting Gwen and laying in her hair, it was enjoyable and I looked for another chance to work more with hair in an interesting way. 

I quickly realized that there were many options because all our daughters also have beautiful hair. However Gwen and Quinn were on the scooters together and working on Gwen I also had many photos of Quinn.

So I sketched in this profile pose of Quinn and started working on her hair.

For a little peanut she has a lot of hair with drama.

The background here just evolved, I laid down an under-painting and kept working in layers until I liked the effect. Perhaps I wouldn't have chosen it if I had just laid out the colors on the palette at the beginning.



4 comments:

  1. So pretty dad! She's going to love this when she sees it. It must be hard work capturing her crazy, do-what-it-wants hair.

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  2. Love how you captured this sweet little girl. This background is one of my favorites.

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