Did this last night. I used payne's grey for the background. I really like doing that. It makes the piece very dramatic. I used a lot of permanent green light. It just seemed the right base color to use for the light around the eyes, and for the medium highlights in the hair. If you really, really look at her hair it has a very greenish tint to me. I believe I've been finding this to be true of all the blondes I have painted.
This is on a 12 x 16 board. I am trying to get enough work together for my very first exhibit! So excited about that, but I wonder if I can part with a single piece. I don't know if I can. I want to "exhibit" but not necessarily "sell." I read somewhere that successful artists don't need to be collectors of their own work. That makes a lot of sense, but putting it into practice is hard.
So why have I titled this, "The New Religion?" I think for this show, my theme is going to be how we idolize movie and television stars. They are the new religion. I'm not condoning it, by any means, it's just a sad fact. Our new idols are the people we watch on TV.
Today I'm working on a piece of the character Tate in American Horror Story, and I've positioned him like a saint. Haha! I wonder how this will go over, since the exhibit is in a church?!
