Thursday 20 August 2015

Monochrome girl

Just needed to post my latest portrait!
I decided to extend my repertoire by including the body! this is not easy, as it involves adding proportion etc and highlights mistakes.
Anyway! I chose a pic from a magazine and sketched it quickly with my black Stabilo pencil.
Next, I added strips of papers from a range of black and white papers called Paris Nights using matte multi medium..


It was quite a scruffy journal page as my journal is nearly full.
Next, I chose fresco paints Little Black Dress and Snowflake to paint the girl.
I needed to loosen up my technique and painted it as freely as I could with a large, flat Dina Wakley paintbrush....the idea being that I wouldn't get bogged down with detail!
I think that it worked...and I was obviously in the right frame of mind.
I only used a tiny brush to dot the whit highlight in the eye!
I am entering this into the latest PA challenge... the link is a bit tenuous, but I did use matte medium for the papers and to be honest, am proud of my work and wanted to show it off!
Also, Kim Dellow's  Face on Friday is a good place to share my work!





11 comments:

  1. As I've already said Hazel, fabulous, great to see a body and those eyes are speaking to me xxx

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  2. And so you should be proud Hazel! This is wonderful and well done on all the contouring of her face with a big brush!

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  3. She is so beautiful Hazel!! Great drawing and composition. Especially her facial expression is wonderful!! xxx

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  4. well done, Hazel, she's fabulous!

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  5. She is stunning......those arms add so much to the expression.

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  6. Fantastic Hazel! Love the monochrome and your image is stunning! Sue C x

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  7. I'd only looked at this on my phone until now and thought it was fantastic but enlarged on a PC it's even better xx

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  8. Beautiful Hazel, lovely portrait, thanks so much for linking up to #ShowYourFace and for the shout out too. Kim

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  9. Hazel, this is fantastic work! I love your monochrome girl! So much movement and drama and so beautifully done! I have got so behind with everything; but I've just sat down with the dinner bubbling away and looked and looked. You are an inspiration! xx

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  10. Spectacular, Hazel… she's utterly beautiful, and the shading and proportions all seem spot on to me.
    Alison xx

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