I had a bunch of leftover paint on my palette the other day, and of course heard the voice of Emma Pettit in my head, saying "Don't waste paint!" So I made a background, and then pondered what to do with it. First, I applied some stencils, bringing in some more (brighter) colors, and then I decided to paint a picture of another mentor, Flo Lee. So this is Flo, in (sort of) the style of Emma!
This was a tough one—Flo is a unique-looking individual, and I kept getting the face too wide, the nose too low (I think it still is, a little), and her tiny little mouth is challenging to paint as well, especially (as in this screen grab reference) when it's open with teeth showing. I ended up making the bridge of her nose too narrow and the mouth too tiny, but the shapes are close enough that I'm not going to mess with it at the moment. I may come back to it.
To add some additional challenge, I chose to include her hand. Gotta get over the fear and practice hands sometime. I hope she forgives me for this effort!
"Flo Lee"—charcoal drawing, acrylic painting, over scrumbled acrylic background with stencils on Canson Aquarelle watercolor paper, 16x12 inches.
