Finished Painting AND Illustration Friday - Focused

Focused on her Dreams

 

Yesterday, I finished her. After thinking for quite a while that this time I may have to start the painting over, everything came together and now I really like her! In fact, I am a little enchanted by this woman...

I managed to keep some of the background peaking through, like in the area between her eyes and on her chin. I love how she has words showing through on her forehead. (You can click on any of the images to see them bigger.)

You can see some of the background in her neck and her shirt as well.

And here, I even went in with rubbing alcohol after the fact and took off the acrylic wash I had put on so you can really see some of the beautiful papers. I actually use rubbing alcohol quite frequently to take off paint and let the background shine through. I use paper towels for large areas and q-tips for small ones. It works great for me!

Thank you all for sticking with me from beginning to the end on this one! I hope you like her as much as I do!!

P.S. Click here if you want to see how others have illustrated this week's topic of focused.

 

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Comments

[lissa]

she looks like she's dreaming, great use of textures and colors