fragments

fragments

thursday: using vintage photos i started to paint the image of a women and worked only on her skin and hair. i used procreate on the ipad and the gouache brush. i had experimented before with layering two separate drawings onto one to enhance and give depth to the...
karlsplatz couple

karlsplatz couple

my granddaughter gave me some photos for my birthday last year, most of which came from germany. this was a photo of a couple, it looks like they are in love and out for a day at the park. there are three photos with the woman in them. i will make this a series. my...
mabel

mabel

tuesday: working with the ipad to get to know the brushes. i used this photo, one that i have used a few times before, to try out the turpentine brush. i am very happy with the results. i used four layers. one for the photo, one for all the background and for...
eastern block

eastern block

saturday: collected photos that i think are from somewhere in eastern europe since the text on the back is in roman alphabet and not cyrillic. it was all scotch taped up like this when i got it. there is a stamp on it, but i don’t want to remove the tape which is now...