A Girl Called Maria

A Girl Called Maria, 2015, approx 35 x 40 cm, 

Indie Ravelle

Another beautiful little (unfinished) drawing by a beautiful artist I know, whose drawings also feature earlier in my blog.

The Process - A Girl Called Maria

Finally, the last posts for 'A Girl Called Maria". The completed work and close up of hands and head (well completed as much as I will post here).
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I wanted to make Maria's eyes reflect some of her youth and vibrancy and her hands look like they have seen a lot of work; I tried to bring out her beauty and strength. Maria owns a fish&chip shop and has worked there and on her parent's farm all her life. Our family has been calling in to her shop during our travels for over 20 years. 

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Almost done. These are close ups of final stages of arms, hands and overall image.
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Sometimes I like to work upside down as I am getting closer to completing a work. It helps with perspective, placement of shapes and line and basically making things match up and fit good and proper!

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This is the second installment of images of this work in progress. A little closer to finishing. Taking longer than I thought. Trying to keep the life and freshness in it. I am out of practice - must find a faster way of working on my next paintings. Realistic is good but a good 'impression' can sometimes be as good if not better, as far as capturing the character of the subject. It's all trial and error and practise I guess.

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This is a work in progress. The separate images show some of the process from near the beginning onwards.
The final work will be posted when it is closer to completion. The quality of the photos is bad but hopefully you get some idea of what I'm trying to achieve. More info on context for this portrait when I post the final image.
Getting back to painting has been a long time coming, but hopefully this is the road back. I have decided to do some portraits; this will be the first of, hopefully, many more!

Bird portraits

The 'chookens', line drawing

Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo, pen sketch / drawings

Face Drawings

 Ma, and daughter on her wedding day

 An art deco feel. This is one of many sketches for what will one day be a painting.

A beautiful grandgirl (who I've managed to make look more like her Dad when he was small, than she already does).

Kid drawings - and so this is Christmas

Dogs & Frogs in plants