8 x 10"oil on Ampersand Gessobord
$40
$5 s/h
After spending time watching David R. Darrow painting on Ustream this morning, I had to do a portrait of my own. I found this photo on WetCanvas.com in the virtual life drawing archives. I love the beads in her hair - they remind me of illustrations of princesses in my old children's books. For the first, oh, 12 years of my life (after the inital stick figure years, that is) I don't think I drew anything but princesses. As regular visitors to this blog will be starting to figure out, the books and artwork I was exposed to when I was very young have had a large impact on my art throughout my life - and on my entire mentality, for that matter!
7 comments:
This is SO beautiful! I love the image library on wetcanvas. Didn't know about the virtual life drawing archives. I'll check that out. Beautiful painting, Sarah!
Thanks so much, Susan.
I love the pearls and beads in the hair! it does remind me very much of this really beautifully illustrated "little mermaid" book I had as a kid. maybe it was called mermaid princess? In any case, i really like your work!
Your portraits are stunning!
Thanks, Chelsea and Veronica!
This is a very beautiful painting,
Sarah! I love the obvious ease and delight with which you painted it.
The brushwork is superb, and the color choices perfect to hightlight her beautiful hair. Wonderful piece/
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