Friday, April 2, 2010

Good girlie Karma. Lydia Host painting

These girls were so fun to paint, I loved this family's energy, and I smiled the whole way through. Many times I feel like I struggle to keep a looseness when painting a large painting with multiple people, from a photograph. I question whether or not I even want to paint portraits by commission sometimes, because most importantly I want to paint good paintings, and often with portraits that falls by the wayside, or at least my style does. With this one, I really had a vision of where I was going, and I pretty much got there, I stayed true to myself. I feel like it is a painting that happens to be a portrait as well, and that makes me happy.
Happy Easter to you! Lydia
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2 comments:

Bonnie Heather said...

Wonderful painting!

Joanne Brandt said...

This is a delightful and fresh portrait - seem to capture energy and personality for all four subjects - good job!