Technical Difficulties

a walk in the park yesterday

White witch

White witch complete

reference photo

flowers in a friend's backyard

hmmmmm

Better but still no

The above are from the PAINT IN THE DARK class with Gulfsprite. There are a total of 15 lessons, and I undoubtedly will fall out somewhere along the line, but right now I am being challenged and frustrated. This is a good thing.

I used the light box to trace the face and hair of the White Witch from a stock photo provided in class. I made up her body, and again used a reference photo for the star within the circle. This is all watercolor, all Daniel Smith, except for the metallic white in her hair, star, and the edge of the cape. That is Prima. I folded a piece of 11x15 Strathmore 300 paper in half, scoring it for a perfect fold, so I can turn this into a journal insert.

The little girl (ha ha ha) I drew freehand from the reference photos provided in class. I am happy with the drawing, but damn it! her face looks like a grown woman midget holding a doll. After taking the first photo and sending it to Cathy, we decided that I had made her face too long, and she needed rosy cheeks. So she is somewhat fixed.  But I am not happy. Going to add some shading around the girl, and call it quits on her, move on.

Ya gotta keep trying!
Linda

Edit - this is the final version of Shadow Walkers. Creepy!