This task I wasn't looking forward to, not because its not worthwhile, I have over the years painted all manner of things, murals, eggs, even scooters. But the DVDs just can't get the essence of life drawing, not their fault, but to have someone in the room, or even taking your own photo allows you to put you mark on the picture, move around, get your own angle. Doing work from the stills on the dvd isn't the same. If I learnt one thing in the last month its that I need some emotional tie to any picture/project I do. These didn't have much.
First the sketch
I liked the bottom half of her (no disrespect).
Then for the "alternate surface", feeling as uninspired as i did I grabbed a redundant box sitting in the corner,
I enjoyed the way the legs curled around the box, the shiny surface made the paint slip around a little, I quite liked that too.
I added two strips of copper foil to the bottom, I think it picks up the colours and reflects the light. So after all that whinging I ended up with something not so bad!
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