Sunday, November 19, 2006

Girl In Monaco (2006)




Oil on canvas (12" x 16")

From a photo of a young girl on a hotel balcony overlooking the
Monaco hillside. For this painting I put on several layers of gesso
to try for a smoother canvas; it worked, sort of, but I ended up with
fine grooves in the sIurface from the sponge brush that I used to
spread the gesso. I was able to put more detail into her features
than usual, but there was a definite bias to the surface that I had
to take into account.

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