A beautiful body

Painting woman is my favourite thing in all the world. I love the shape of the body, I love the beauty in the face and I love trying to capture an expression so one can hold on to it forever.

This past two weeks I wanted to focus on more than only the face. I found a wonderful reference photo for a full body painting and I jumped into putting her onto canvas. But, the more I painted, the more I doubted myself. She wasn’t what I wanted, I didn’t know what to do with the background; she just didn’t speak to me.

Full body study

I have this habit of not being able to move on with a new painting until the last one is completed. This painting just did not want to work, so I took the advice of my dear husband and moved her to the side. Will I change her? I am not sure. Maybe I will just start over with her. Let’s see…

After wrestling my way with the full body work I was able to set her aside and move onto something else. The “Mysterious Woman” just flowed out of my paint brush.