Saturday 4 December 2010

Roxy 3 & 4

A treat today - two photos!

First one shows the eyes, nose and lip - and the second, I have completed the mouth.
I paint the eyes first and once happy with those, I continue. There's no point to carry on if unhappy with the eyes, they are so hard to fix retrospectively.


7 comments:

  1. I'm back on the watercolours again now for a while - NOT EASY!!! Give me acrylics any day! Still, practice, practice, practice - right?

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  2. Yes, practice is the way to nail it! xx

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  3. Hi Pat,
    I'm here again to join your site by google connect..
    And of course to enjoy your work!
    I think I can learn much here... painting on watercolor is a difficult one..
    Thanks for sharing your work.

    hugs,
    nensa

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  4. you're welcome, Nensa.
    I hope you enjoy following what I do. Feel free to have a browse back for more stage-by-stage paintings :) xx

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  5. I read the above comments...seems that watercolour is hard to do. You sure make it look easy. I guess because you do such a good job. I am guessing from the above comments that the eyes are one of the hardest things to paint..and get them just so. You always make them come alive with their eyes.

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  6. It isn't easy to start with Tonya. And it doesn't suit everyone. I've stuck with it because I love it and it works for me.
    I know I must get eyes right, or I may as well give up. I like to see that life within - as do the people who receive the paintings :) xx

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  7. Interesting in the way that you structure your paintings, Pat, and which part of it you do first.

    I like the idea about getting the eyes right first of all, then carrying on. Quite a good idea and with Roxy, you've definitely captured her spirit!

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