'Tude acrylic woman portrait
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'Tude This is an acrylic, 14"x18", a bit larger than I normally work. This is actually based on last week's lesson where Kara painted her daughter. Since I don't have a daughter, what I got out of the lesson was she paints rather "unfinished" and her teenage daughter had a bit of an attitude in her reference photo. The other challenge was to paint a full figure, well I got most of one. That is the main reason I needed to paint in a larger format. Kara painted her 4'+, so I am still really tiny. I really like this reference, the direct gaze, her more sophisticated makeup against the really casual leggings and hoodie. I have to tell you my heart stops when I put paint across the more finished sections and had to go back in and add some pastel to get a bit more action. As I got lower on the paper I tried to finish it less, just give the impressions, because I really want the focus on the face. In case you are wondering at the stre