My niece asked me to paint another fantasy illustration, so this one’s for you Jenny. This painting is based on a tutorial from “How to Draw and Paint Fairyland,” by Linda Ravenscoft. My palette consisted of alizarin crimson, opera rose, new gamboge, naples yellow, and raw umber from Winsor Newton; brilliant red violet and may green from Schmincke (I’m really loving this brand of paint); and jaune brilliant no. 2 from Holbein (this makes great skin tones).
Here’s a close up of her face (I like how you can see the texture of the paper in this shot):
And here’s a shot with the natural, late afternoon light in my studio (I like this one best):
Like the ” floating” quality of girl and colors.She’s adorable!
Thanks, mom. The colors are actually more vibrant than the picture shows. I had trouble getting an accurate photo of her.
She’s gorgeous, I love your colour palette 🙂
Thanks, Kelly. I couldn’t wait to try the brilliant red violet by Schmincke. It applied and blended so easily. I’ve had trouble with various shades of purple by Winsor Newton and often got splotchy results.
Yeah I know what you mean about the splotchy results, that always seems to happen with my purples. So very good to know 🙂
Very nice work.
Thank you!
So well done! The love the twist in her body. She’s full of personality.