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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Self-Portrait on Gesso Covered Board

I did this self-portrait this evening for the Daily Paintworks self-portrait  challenge.  This is painted on a gesso covered illustration board which I covered with a wash of various browns and red browns and then painted the portrait on top of the washes.  This painting is 12" x 7".

2 comments:

Autumn Leaves said...

Barb, this is beautiful and you have gorgeous blue eyes! Oh to paint like you!

Barb Sailor said...

Thanks, Sherry! My sagging eyelids just about cover my eyes now so the blue doesn't show too much! (smile!)