Paint with your kids!

This is lil roli my favorite lil 3 year old ;) I mentioned painting after his nap and he was ALL about it! He told me that he wanted to use Black, Yellow, and White so that is what we did. This was his process for making an AMAZINGLY Gorgeous painting :))

Painting with black....FIRST ;)

Some awesome circles to begin with

He always amazes me with how careful he is and how well he uses a paintbrush

His brush strokes were beautiful :)

Needed one circle to be "ALL black"

Adding some white to the mix

As he worked we discussed how the white paint mixed with the black paint made gray :) He found that to be pretty darn amazing!

Now for some yellow

Finished piece.

Finished portrait ;)

Hair and Dress...

Darkening her hair

Adding some red and yellow

Blending it all

Hair is done...on to her dress

Finished!

The Face...

1st layer on her face

2nd layer

3rd and 4th layers with shading

5th layer

6th layer

layers 7-10

Skin tone...

1st layer of skin tone on her arm

2nd layer

3rd layer

4th layer

5th layer

layer 6

layer 7

layer 8

close-up of layers 9-11

Beginning left arm

Finished left arm and beginning of hair

Getting there ;)

The beginning...

Original Photo

Pencil Drawing

Sharpie Outline

Getting some color on the wings

Details on wings

Close-up of details on wings & texture

Eyes

Mouth

Off to a good start.... :)

Self Portrait Experimentation

I have been dying to do a self portrait for years now, but have never gotten the nerve or taken the time to do it. Well, I made a last minute decision to start this one & finish it ;) Here it is!

I know, i know im crazy for trying to work from a b/w photo but i thought it would be challenging & fun ;)

Giving the hair some definition on top of underlying color.

Adding more layers to the face & shoulders.

Darkening the layers on the skin

Adding more color & definition to the mouth

Couldnt stand it! Had to take a break from the skin color to make the hair PERFECT.

Felt finished until I realized how pale i looked.

Now it really is finished...needed another layer of pink on the cheeks :)

YAY ME!