{"id":2127,"date":"2010-09-09T13:39:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T20:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2010-09-09T13:39:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T20:39:37","slug":"my-first-attempt-at-painting-faces-from-a-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=2127","title":{"rendered":"My first attempt at painting faces from a sketch…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I've always admired journal artists who paint faces–Paulette Insall<\/a>, Katie Kendrick<\/a>, DJ Pettit<\/a>, among others–but I've never tried doing it. Too intimidated, even though I love to paint over photographs. For me, painting on a photograph is easy because the photograph tells you where to put your colors.<\/p>\n

Recently I signed up for an online class (which is SOOO unlike me…I rarely take classes). It's "Of Towers and Turrets<\/a>" by Sharon Tomlinson<\/a> and Deryn Mentock<\/a>. Both these artists were new to me & I am so glad I discovered them…their work is very inspiring! Part of the class requires small faces painted onto the collaged towers…and I thought, no way am I doing that. But then I watched the video and realized that painting a face isn't a whole lot different than painting over a photograph…so I tried it. My results are amateurish, I realize that, but my faces turned out much better than I expected. <\/p>\n

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Then I tried a large face…just started painting it right over a background that I'd done previously. It's far from perfect, but I had fun…and hope to keep practicing.<\/p>\n

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I'll share the pages when they're done…I'm still waiting for my eraser-carving supplies from Dick Blick.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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