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Kim, Jimmie -- Thank you! I think I spent almost more time on the violin than her face! The shine/shape/color were tricky and unfamiliar for me. Her eyes were a treat to paint, especially after the skater one with eyes downcast.
Garth,
Thanks, but I'm still stretching to reach the bar you and so many others here have set! The yellow theme was derived from the natural pine wall behind her in my reference, but I thought the knots and vertical lines would be too busy, so just used the overall color and abstracted it. Your painting of the judge was reassuring to me and helped make me think this gold could work.
Started this September 17th, so at just over two weeks (for painting, took reference photos in August), this is the quickest I've finished a commission. Her skin was so translucent it came nearly grey on the primary reference photo, so she sat for me one afternoon for me to get her coloring down. Having her pose really cut down on a lot of the second guessing and re-painting I usually do. I had also thought that the sheer fabric on her arms and shoulders would be torturous to do, but it didn't turn out to be. . . so it seemed like all of a sudden this was just done!
Thanks again!!
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