Fresh faces

Here are some starters.   I can working the studio in the morning, but by noon, I need to paint in the dining room where the light is not as good, but its cooler.  I sketched

these with a red watercolor pencil - not thinking about how the paints would react to the pigment in pencil lines.   Spoiler alert...it bleeds.  The top photo looks like Soft pink, but it was white that picked up the red pigment.

A red Sharpie paint pen was used on the left to outline areas.  These are works in process.  

Preparation for series

I found an old pad of canvas paper in my art shed -  somewhat yellowed with age, but still usable.  I gessoed them first, then added collage.  They will dry overnight and be ready to use as backgrounds for the series of abstract faces.

Abstract portrait 2

This is the second in what I expect will be a short series.  I had some face sketches I did that I am painting and collaging. 

During the pandemic isolation there is time to play. 

Abstract self portrait

Dancer version 2

Years ago I worked with this image of a ballet dancer, I think ca 1920s.  I found my old file with a couple extras I had printed, so decided to do another version.  This is a work in progress.

Speckled hen

This is next in confetti chicks.   Who can resist a speckled hen.