Hands - detail of Work in Progress

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A little sneak peek at a current work in progress. I am painting a young girl with a fabric as background. I am currently trying to paint the thread of the fabric, with endless hatching. You can see a the rose in the fabric at ‘underpainting stage’ behind the girl’s hand.
Still lots to do, but hopefully this is going somewhere.


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Comments

  1. maddyrose12 June 2012 at 14:46

    Beautiful work on the hands. The roses in the fabric are coming along nicely.

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  2. Mona Diane Conner13 June 2012 at 18:42

    Lots of feeling already in just this snippet of her mouth and hands.

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  3. Sophie16 June 2012 at 13:58

    Thank you Maddyrose! Thanks Mona.
    Hope you are going the like the whole piece as well.

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