Tuesday, September 1, 2015




day 1 of 29 faces

i often start a new piece from paper or a canvas

that was perviously used.  it feels familiar and 

friendly to add paint or watercolor to substrate that 

had a previous life.  the other side of this heavy

watercolor paper is turquoise and embossed from the

imprint of rosemary and   bougainvillea from my yard.  

when i turned the the paper around i saw a lovely, soft

bleed through of color.  i added bits and pieces of tea bag

which matched and created the darker edge of her hair.  then

sketched in a soft face with pencil.   i always like a challenge and 

look forward to 28 more faces this month.  click on the link to 

see what other artists create.




12 comments:

  1. Hi Irene. Very nice work, she is lovely. Look forward to more of your work. Take care.

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  2. I also like to re-use old papers, the story continues and continues that way.

    The texture is beautiful, filled with shadows and light, a very delicate painting.

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  3. that's nice! very emotional face

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  4. Oh how beautiful, she has such a lovely ethereal quality...

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  5. Soft and fragile .... Beautiful work!

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  6. I like Your delicate style to paint very much.

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  7. This woman reminds me of a Jane Austin character. :-) Also lovely!

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  8. Irene, this is wonderful! So soft and feminine...

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  9. Now this was the time when women's hair was up an flowing! Love how you captured this look.

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