Last week I painted Lynn Como's great-grandchild, Nerai. The reference photo included both her great-grandchildren, Nerai (two) and Evelyn (four) in it, but I wanted to paint large, and the biggest board I had was a 12x16, so I decided to just paint the little one. But after I finished it, I got to thinking that it would be fun to do a companion piece with Evelyn in it, reversing the colors (background and foreground) so they would go together but not be matchy-matchy. So yesterday I painted my board the light ultramarine color I used for Nerai's clothing, then did my pencil drawing, and today I painted Evelyn, changing her hat from the shocking pink in the photo to the peachy-pink color I used for the first painting's background, also drawing that color into the flower print of her dress, and using the same stencil for snow in the background to further unite them.
I was happier with the likeness I caught for Nerai than today's for Evelyn—try as I might, I couldn't quite get the eyes right, and hers are prettier—but over all, I was pretty happy with it. I think they would be fun to hang side by side in a floating frame.
"Snow Evelyn"—pencil, acrylics, and stencil on 12x12 thin birch board.
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