(reviewing old work) Painting 4: Gracie (again!)

This is another painting of Gracie for my sister. Gracie's such a beautiful little thing, and I love to catalogue her different ages and milestones using paint - by the time shes 1, she'll have a dozen portraits of herself! I painted this on A4 oil paint paper, so it isn't as detailed as some of my larger pieces, however, I think simplicity works for this particular painting. (the photo of this painting came out a little darker than it really is). Here is the original image:


parts of the painting I'm happy with:

I'm happy with the nose on this particular piece, once I added the white highlight, I felt it come to life. I added a peachy line on the right and parallel to the white highlight, which I then intergrated into the rest of the peice - which made it look more lifelike.

As always, I enjoyed painting the eyes in this piece. I think I enjoyed this one in particular because of how bright they were in the original image, therefore, making me use more white (I'm used to making eyes darker, due to the makeup that people wear, so this was a nice change for me).