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Wow, it's been a while since I submitted a painting. I'm pretty proud of this one. At first it was just going to have the girl looking into a flower. I usually sketch everything out first and have a very firm idea of the composition. But I couldn't decide what the flower should look like, so I didn't sketch it. I just started to paint the rest. Then it came time for the flower, which would be a juxtaposition to the withering girl. I thought at first she would be looking into the possibility of new life (through reincarnation), or maybe she was looking bitterly at what she couldn't be, or maybe clinging to a last bit of life. But then I knew, she was looking at death. Without any preliminary sketches, without thought, I just painted the skull and its arm. So, I'm fairly thrilled. I had been lacking confidence for so long, clinging to my prescribed sketches. Not to say sketching isn't important, that would be a mistake, but I feel I reached a level of fluidness and fearlessness I had yet to grasp before. I'll try to post a better image when I can get one.... The lighting in my house at night is awful.
Image size
3181x2371px 1.49 MB
Make
NIKON
Model
COOLPIX S60
Shutter Speed
10/101 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
7 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Feb 7, 2010, 10:40:32 AM
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T-Thomas's avatar
beautiful :rose:

I know what you mean about lighting indoors at night I have the very same issue