June 16, 2016

Two's Company - Three's a....

I have a habit of painting over drawings I've done that no longer please me.

The profile here bothered me a lot.  I tried fixing her nose several times, but she still looks off - into the recycle pile!


layers of gesso and acrylics to create fresh background

charcoal sketch, acrylic paint



finished piece


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3 comments:

Katherines Corner said...

love it ,there many versions of our selves. xo

Kim said...

It's like a hidden treasure. I think it is so neat to think that paintings may have an entirely different idea underneath them. I think I will look at paintings differently now. In a good way!

Jeanie said...

Love this much more! Fabulous!