So this is more of a design/realism painting. I think you call it figurative realism? I'm not sure. With this particular painting I mushed together different Mucha prints. For example the girl's left arm is from a different Mucha girl holding a different cup. It's a cup I found in my pantry, more elegant than the beer cup in the original. The girl's hair is different than the original, the original had her wearing a headband, so I painted her some fire red hair and tossled it up for that morning look. I wanted her to be looking at something, so I peppered some butterflies here and there. The design that is framing her in is probably one of my favorite parts. Mucha rarely had symmetrical designs which is something I love. I hand painted every line. No measuring, no ruler. Just my hand, a tiny paint brush and my eyeballs. All I gotta do is take a really good picture of it without a glare and put it up on Etsy! If you want to visit my shop you can go to http://www.thesketchyeasel.etsy.com/ or if you want to see all my artwork you can go to my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Sketchy-Easel/195620920486042 Don't forget to "like" me when you're there!!
I hope all is well with you
Ashley
This is so beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteyou've done a fantastic job, beautiful painting
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