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  • Stacie in Green

    January
    9
    2007

    Here’s a fun 10″ x 10″ monochromatic oil portrait of Stacie I just completed. Stacie is an enthusiastic teenager with bright blue eyes that I photographed for this portrait last weekend. She asked for greens – lime being her favorite color. When I started working the piece, I decided to leave her eye color alone since they’re such a beautiful shade of blue – and I love the way they pop against the lime.

    These are quick paintings, and since I couldn’t continue the lovebirds (indigo isn’t dry yet), I decided to spend a few hours doing this one. These don’t require an underpainting, so they only take a little while to complete, painting wet-in-wet.

    My monochromatic paintings consist of one primary color (green), one light (yellow) and one dark (indigo) to contrast. Including her original eye color brought my color palette to 5 colors for this painting (french ultramarine & white).

    Makes ya smile, doesn’t she? She’s a pretty young lady, sweet as pie, too.

    {6 Comments}

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    pamibe said,

    Okay, that gave me a jolt! It’s very cool, though… bet she loves it! :winking:

    1.9.2007 @ 3:53 pm
    2
    oracle said,

    I really like the Lime green piccy the blue is an awesome contrast 😉

    1.9.2007 @ 5:26 pm
    3
    Sarcasmom said,

    That is so cool! I love that you left the eyes blue! I’m off to check out the other Monochromatic pictures

    1.9.2007 @ 5:28 pm
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    Erika said,

    OMG this would be one of my most favorite people portraits by you it’s so excellent and full of energy! :yahoo:

    1.9.2007 @ 5:43 pm
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    Tommi said,

    OH I LOVE IT!!!
    Seeing as how green is my favorite color- I’d have to say that this is an AMAZING portraite of a beautiful young lady w/ FANTASTIC blue eyes!! And the color is perfect for how she has her hands up to her mouth as if she’s shouting!! Great photo and painting! Nice work.

    1.9.2007 @ 9:59 pm
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    Leanne said,

    Pamibe – did it knock your eyes right out? It keeps doing that to me, too! 😀

    Oracle, thank you! :beret:

    Sarcasmom Thanks! I don’t have too many monochromatics yet, maybe I’ll finally get that series beefed up this year. 😀

    Erikie, you’re too sweet! After all these years, that I can still manage to impress you, well, that’s impressive. :winking: :iloveu:

    Tommi – I’m tickled (green) that you like it! It’s a ton of fun to do these monochromatics. 😀

    1.10.2007 @ 6:58 am

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