In Her Own Skin

When I started this painting I sketched her body with charcoal and then went over it with gesso creating a soft gray outline. I looked at her for quite a while and couldn't help but think just how beautiful the female form is...in all its shapes and sizes. I go walking on the trails quite regularly and I marvel at all the beauty I'm witness to. I love how we are all so amazing no matter our form. I scribed my thoughts on this subject across her body and I truly felt altered. I considered having this be her finished stage, but my vision of what I'd originally set out to do kept me going and I'm so glad it did.

"In Her Own Skin"

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Hoooooo's There?

The fifth owl has shown up and now the painting is complete.  And I'm pretty sure these guys have some big plans up their sleeves.


Reminds me of the wide-eyed looks I got when I opened my kid's bedroom door last night.  He and several friends were all lined up on his bed, munching on popcorn, watching a "scary" movie.  And when they say a movie is scary, it's at least ten times scarier than "The Exorcist" was for me...and that was unbelievably scary!  Last night the plan was that everyone was going home after the movie to stay at their own houses.

But...when I got up this morning and peeked in his room, all of the boys were crashed out all over the place, curled up in each of their individual blankets.  Thinking that ten times scarier translated to way too scary to walk home in the dark.

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The Second Layer

I've fallen into a trap.  I'm finding myself digging a layer whose very reason for being is to end up mostly covered up...but it's just so darn happy and full of love!!!  I was warned of this phenomenon, and here it is.

I may just have to sit on this one for a couple of days and then dig back in.

Tune in tomorrow to see what's happened.  Or what hasn't.

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One Layer at a Time

I'm starting on another bigger project.  Bigger for me, that is.  I usually draw and paint on paper and canvases that are 8x10 or smaller.  This guy is 12x36.  My goal is to do it in a number of layers.  So...I'm going to post photos of it one layer at a time as I'll likely get to only one layer per day what with dry time and all.  So here is layer one.

And I'm already just a tad anxious because I rather like the way this looks as is.  But cover it up I will...thankful I have this lovely crooked photo to remember it by.  I know, I know, mad photography skills.  A girl's gotta have some bragging rights, eh?

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