Mizelede
Semester 1 assessment was successfully passed this morning, so I spent the rest of the day slacking off by watching too much bad tv and noodling around with digital painting.
The reference image, Mizelede at her grandfather's funeral, was taken by Finbarr O'Reilly and appeared on The Big Picture in February: Portraits of the Congo (#30).
Not my usual way of painting (if I have a usual way - I generally just play around with Photoshop and see what works). Her face was stuck in my mind for weeks - I had to paint her in those colours. But now I'm not sure how to finish the composition. Possibly collaging other images from the Congo series. Requires some thinking but it's going to be a little while before I have breathing space again.
It was nice to do art for myself for a change.
The reference image, Mizelede at her grandfather's funeral, was taken by Finbarr O'Reilly and appeared on The Big Picture in February: Portraits of the Congo (#30).
Not my usual way of painting (if I have a usual way - I generally just play around with Photoshop and see what works). Her face was stuck in my mind for weeks - I had to paint her in those colours. But now I'm not sure how to finish the composition. Possibly collaging other images from the Congo series. Requires some thinking but it's going to be a little while before I have breathing space again.
It was nice to do art for myself for a change.