Lima bean

Today I took a sick day, and Im glad I did. I sketched her this morning,

and am currently playing around with color in photoshop.
I may put her on the projector, blow up the image, and lay down some acrylic.
I have to stop being afraid of paintings, they aren't that scary...
but I am a bit of a dumby when it comes to picking out colors.

Her outline looks like a lima bean, doesn't it? I may have to name her lima;)

Dalla

My latest piece entitled Dalla.

She was drawn in my sketchbook, then transfered into photoshop for editing and color. I love the subtle detail of visible graphite underneath the digital work..I can't tare myself away from drawing in the details and keeping it realistic.

She was named Dalla because in icelandic the meaning is luminosity, brilliance (light). The way she's positioned facing to the side with bright eyes made the name stick. She's brilliant! :)

Photo credit: Tina Chang