One for the Baby

While I've been working away at several landscapes, my subconscious mind has just been dying to draw or paint this new little member of our family. On Saturday I finally came to my senses and put aside all of the other projects to do what I really felt like doing, and it was soooooo fulfilling. I love this little guy like crazy and it's a relief to finally have a portrait of him.

Painting Night...

It was great to have some quiet time to paint tonight. James took this as we were both finishing up for the Sabbath.  Love painting in pajamas. :)

Waiting Backstage

This isn't the best photo so I'll swap it out when the lighting's better, but here's the painting finished about a week ago. It was painted from a live model- a really great one. :) She was perfectly still, and multitasked- studying geometry from a textbook on the floor while modeling. I decided to make up quite a few things, like the fringe on the outfit, the hair sticks, and the background. I just didn't want to paint a dancer sitting in front of a chalkboard. So I thought, "What if she's actually sitting backstage, waiting for the intro to her song to come on? It's the final performance of the evening, and all of her family and friends are watching, waiting with the film crews for her to come out and be awesome! ;)"  So that's how I painted it. Better photo coming soon...

Waiting Backstage