Having visited the Bonn art museum today and having seen a lot of painted portraits I was so inspired that I couldn’t sit still. When our friends Mer & Joolz had been here recently I had made some portrait photos of them and one of Mer came to my mind that could be a good model for a painting:
So I did what I’ve only done once before: I painted a portrait. I’ve drawn quite a few portraits before but such a painting was new to me…
EDIT: What could not be seen well from the scan above is that the hair as well as the iris are painted with gold. Which leads to a change of appearance of the painting depending on the angle from which you look on it.
Here’s another photo from a different angle that illustrates this effect:
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I would have recognized her even if I hadn’t known who had painted it. It’s unbelievably good!
Aaawww thanks, Kelly! xxx
Wow! I feel honoured! thats amazing! 😀 …i think the painting has done me justice! I didn’t realize my eyes were that colour! you obviously got me on a green day! they sometimes change!
Thank you Nette! Lots of lovely lovely English things!
Well done! it looks fantastic! xxxxx
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