Red Hot Art - My first Art Fair

It is official, I will be participating in my first Art Fair this July 25th and 26th.  I will be joining a wonderful friend, Katie Quale, in a space at Red Hot Art and Music.  I plan to have Paintings and Handmade watercolor journals available!  

Please put it on your calendar and stop by and say hello.  

Portrait Progress

I plan to lay in the background and clothing before the flesh tones.  My thinking is that the paint around the flesh tones will affect the subtle

 value shifts in skin.  Here I have painted the shadow of the Hat mixing a "black" from my primaries.

Here I mixed the light side of the hat by adding some white to my shadow side mixture mixing in some pure color on the canvas to add interest. 

Here I started to suggest the embroidery on the hat.  I have narrowed my palette to Hansa Yellow, Cad red light, Quin Rose, Phthalo Blue, with Lead white. 

Portrait Underpainting

I have just started working with oil paint.  This is an underpainting of my daughter wearing her Hanbok on her first birthday.  She has always been petite and she was swimming in her traditional dress.  I am a bit nervous to start adding color.  Wish me luck!