Once I started I was even more convinced. A list of things I'll never miss from my high carb days, debilitating insomnia, excema on my scalp, tooth pain, fatigue, brain fogg, depression, my large stomach (it's still shrinking). So for the past month I've been soaking up as much information as I could find online about my new diet. Sometimes I've felt almost evangelical about it, as you'll know if you talk to me, or are a friend on facebook.
However, my new diet has nothing to do with painting, so on to the subject at hand. I wanted to paint a portrait of my husband to match the one I did of me. My plan was to make his skin white with a green tint to complement the white with a purple tint of my portrait. I was very excited to do this because I had better paintbrushes to work with.
Once I started I was just not liking the white and green color scheme I had going on, and as I'd bought some raw umber, and raw sienna I tried my hand at mixing a skin tone.
I like this painting, but it looks nothing like my husband, nothing at all. I bought a drawing book a while ago, and I'm thinking that maybe I should spend some time drawing through the lessons in the book to help me with proportion, and realism. Things like that.
As you can see this looks more like it could be a Ken doll than a real person. After this painting I'm a bit stumped for ideas. I've got five canvases waiting for paint and no ideas. One of these days I think I'll just sit down and doodle for a bit, and we'll see what happens. Maybe I'll find a good picture at Rendesvous this year, of a TeePee, or some people in period clothing.
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