This is HUGE 28×48 Acrylic. I have only worked on it about three hours this includes drawing the photo to paint it.
I have a few glaring problems which I need to fix before going on. I have made her face and body much too wide. The shadows are nonexistent on her body on the left.
She’s a friend and I intend to fix that. I would fix it even if she weren’t because I would rather make people thinner than they are.
I had intended to paint this but all my friends said paint the next photo because the light is better which is true. I really love her boots. If you know her she wears boots most of the time since she rides horses.
Only problem is that I had already drawn this to do a full sheet watercolor too. It took hours and hours to draw it and LOTS of erasing.
Even in this one the face appears a little wide. Possibly due to the lack of shadows?! 3/4 views are always a pain.
So I guess I will do two since this one took most of the day to draw.
I do think it’s interesting that it was so much easier to draw the second time out. Practice makes perfect right?!!
One last thing. A lot of times I will change the photo to black and white to paint from so if I want to I can give her a red shirt and a purple jacket. I do like the blues better but getting comments it’s TOO pretty.
Sigh! You just can’t make everyone happy can you?! 😋
Colors used so far Golden Quin Nickel Azo Gold, Thalo Blue and Ultramarine Blue ( great for denim), Liquitex Burnt Umber and Titanium white plus a tube of Winsor Purple.