Monday, May 25, 2015

The Beautiful Jada Lebene...


When I began teaching again in 2011 I met a sweet, caring Elementary PE Teacher. She and her husband were raising money to adopt from Ghana. The process for this adoption is insane, but these two were ready for the task. I have been so impressed by their positivity and the love that they were ready to give to a child that they hadn’t even met yet. You can read more about their story on their official site https://www.purecharity.com/sarah-richardsons-adoption. They have since met their sweet daughter and they asked me to draw a 16"x20" portrait of the beauty that they will be bringing home very soon. 

Original Image






Started adding skin tone


Decided to finish out her shoulders


Darkening the shadows

Pink cheeks


Darkening her hair and skin tone

Hair detail

Finishing touches to face


Finished gold necklace and began yellow shirt


Shirt is complete and right half of background is cream


Finished piece





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