While the speakers were talking I sketched Laura. I redid her profile about 10-15 times and then put the sketch away. After awhile I pulled it out again and redid the profile about 5 more times. It looks somewhat like her, but not a perfect portrayal. When I brought it home though my husband knew right off who it was so it must look more like her than I thought. Sometimes it's really hard for me to capture the one thing that makes them who they are...but figuring out what that particular thing is is the hard part.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sunday Sketching
Today we had a mission's conference which included a couple of guest speakers, a potluck after church and an auction to raise money for some missions we support. I donated a watercolor pet portrait to the auction and it sold for $120. Now the winning bidder will supply me with a couple photographs of her pet (Springer Spaniel) and I'll paint a picture for her. I was a little afraid no one would bid on it, but to my relief they did.
While the speakers were talking I sketched Laura. I redid her profile about 10-15 times and then put the sketch away. After awhile I pulled it out again and redid the profile about 5 more times. It looks somewhat like her, but not a perfect portrayal. When I brought it home though my husband knew right off who it was so it must look more like her than I thought. Sometimes it's really hard for me to capture the one thing that makes them who they are...but figuring out what that particular thing is is the hard part.
While the speakers were talking I sketched Laura. I redid her profile about 10-15 times and then put the sketch away. After awhile I pulled it out again and redid the profile about 5 more times. It looks somewhat like her, but not a perfect portrayal. When I brought it home though my husband knew right off who it was so it must look more like her than I thought. Sometimes it's really hard for me to capture the one thing that makes them who they are...but figuring out what that particular thing is is the hard part.
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5 comments:
I love the hair. A simple sketch, yet I'd recognize the hair if I saw it 'in person' so to speak.
You're talented.
And if I had money, I'd pay to have a picture sketched of my old dog that we lost this week... no one does stuff like that around here.
Practice makes perfect eh? Looks a lovely sketch anyway! Great that your painting raised so much cash - well done! I like the sound of your AK versions of the chinese pincushions! I've had this one for many, many years but I've seen them here too.
these are lovely
have you done one of the baby?
It is great that you could help the church with your God-given talent. You will soon have a directory of your fellow church goers if you keep this up. I bet they could each pick themselves out if they saw the pictures.
Very nice Patty. Wow, your sketch brought in big bucks! Your talent is amazing...certainly a God given talent.
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