Done!
I can't post what I worked on tonight, because it is a surprise gift. But I finished the portrait commission at last. I took a long time getting the details of the face perfect, and eventually got the skin tone just right as well as the details and shadows. Then came the clothing and covering very large areas with mixed colors in great subtle detail, getting the shading and everything just right.
Gods the relief on this.
It's finished.
It's been sitting there staring at me from the easel for... a long time now, a whole long time. I've got the balance due to bill and the cost of shipping and then I can say goodbye to it and let it go, move on to other things... to my ACEOs again and to my cheetahs commission. Which I think I need a break before launching into another large and difficult project. I should do some little ACEOs again in colored pencil, relax and do something that I can do while keeping my hands clean. I was washing them every five minutes and at the end doing touch-ups was going nuts trying to keep a steady hand without touching any part of the painting. Because of course I'd notice something about an eyelash or a nose shadow and need to tweak it by just a hair to get it just right and have a hard time holding my hand steady.
I'm also dreading my cat tipping over the easel and all that work going blooey. I will feel a lot safer when it's paid and shipped and out of my hands! Whew! I took everything else off the easel now and have it braced, but still, I'll feel good when I can let this go completely and work on something small.
I didn't realize how stressful it was getting till just now. And of course I look at the clock and realize that I've skipped my pills. Got concentrating too hard on the art, immersed, and now that I'm not working on it the pain is sledgehammering me because my medication wore off completely. I skipped the pill I was supposed to take three hours ago so I'm looking at being done without a trace of painkiller, feeling what it'd be like if I lived without meds.
Well, I'll feel better in an hour, at least. Whew. DONE!
And the next time I draw something I can post it, whether done or in progress. That is hard. I think that's been the hardest part of this project, not getting to relax and get social about it, keeping it under wraps, not even saying anything about it beyond that it's a portrait. Well, it's a done portrait of a clothed human being. And every detail is accurate and right. Looking good.
The closer to the end on something like this, the more I stress that I'll jack it up some way and lose all that work. But it came out right and is finished. WHEW!
Gods the relief on this.
It's finished.
It's been sitting there staring at me from the easel for... a long time now, a whole long time. I've got the balance due to bill and the cost of shipping and then I can say goodbye to it and let it go, move on to other things... to my ACEOs again and to my cheetahs commission. Which I think I need a break before launching into another large and difficult project. I should do some little ACEOs again in colored pencil, relax and do something that I can do while keeping my hands clean. I was washing them every five minutes and at the end doing touch-ups was going nuts trying to keep a steady hand without touching any part of the painting. Because of course I'd notice something about an eyelash or a nose shadow and need to tweak it by just a hair to get it just right and have a hard time holding my hand steady.
I'm also dreading my cat tipping over the easel and all that work going blooey. I will feel a lot safer when it's paid and shipped and out of my hands! Whew! I took everything else off the easel now and have it braced, but still, I'll feel good when I can let this go completely and work on something small.
I didn't realize how stressful it was getting till just now. And of course I look at the clock and realize that I've skipped my pills. Got concentrating too hard on the art, immersed, and now that I'm not working on it the pain is sledgehammering me because my medication wore off completely. I skipped the pill I was supposed to take three hours ago so I'm looking at being done without a trace of painkiller, feeling what it'd be like if I lived without meds.
Well, I'll feel better in an hour, at least. Whew. DONE!
And the next time I draw something I can post it, whether done or in progress. That is hard. I think that's been the hardest part of this project, not getting to relax and get social about it, keeping it under wraps, not even saying anything about it beyond that it's a portrait. Well, it's a done portrait of a clothed human being. And every detail is accurate and right. Looking good.
The closer to the end on something like this, the more I stress that I'll jack it up some way and lose all that work. But it came out right and is finished. WHEW!