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I'm Trying To Paint Again

 First, let me share a sketch I did, using as a model, a painting by Bill Haas, a Milwaukee-born internationally known artist. I swiped it from his Instagram posting.

This young lady has a bit of attitude that I liked. The image also challenged me to practice drawing hands. If there are areas of portrait drawing, I need to work on drawing ears, noses, and hands.

My hunch is she is a handful to raise. (Pun intended.)
 












Here's a short video that might make your day a better one.


Via My classmate and friend Dave Nitz


The next step is working from another image I harvested from Instagram.

If this pose looks familiar, it's because it evokes the same kind of mystery as The Dancing Girl, which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. 
If you don't admit you are curious about her and hoping she'll turn around, you aren't looking hard enough.
This is from a photo collection the features children around the world. The copy beneath this image told me that she is an Asian girl. 
My guess is she is a tweenager. Tweenage is defined as the age when the color of a girl's lipstick has to compliment the color of her skateboard.

I'm going to try to do this in watercolors. When I get something, I'll share it.

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