Here's one that I'm trying before painting the same pose in oil. I'm pretty happy with it. A problem arises though, when I don't get the same feeling in the oil painting that I have in the original drawing - plus no more model. I think there's just something spontaneous that happens in a drawing group but when I'm back in the studio, it's tough to reconstruct the emotion. The artist's reaction to the live model is what painting from life is all about, I think (when it's not a commission and must look exactly like your subject). And even with commissions, there's a bit of the artist's reaction, as well. Hey, I think I just figured it out - I'm going to stop with this one since I'm happy with it. See what talking it out can do? 😌 This piece was done on 7 x 5" Pastelbord using mostly Sennelier, with some Caran d'Ache, too. Thanks so much for stopping by (and listening)!
