Already in love

I love this piece already, and it is only a sketch on a canvas. I decided I wanted to do a larger oil paint version of yesterday's walking dress, so I quickly sketched this gal on a 16"x 20" canvas. It makes me nervous, though, when I like paintings this early on in the process. Usually, as long as I am fairly happy with the sketch, I will start the painting, changing things as I go along until I love it. But, when I love a piece from the very beginning, as much as I love this one, I get hesitant to paint over the sketch.

Well, here's to bravely going forward, even if I might mess things up in the process.

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Queen for a day

This one is just a quick paper doll sketch. I am trying to work out a little more illustrated, storybook style for some of the paper dolls. Many of the pieces I have been doing are very classic, traditional looking paper dolls. Now I want to make them a little different, perhaps a little more odd rather than just pretty.

8 1/2"x 11"

Watercolor and ink on cardstock

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Paper Dolls can be Saucy, Too

I have been trying to play around with my paper doll poses, making some of them a little more unusual. This drawing is a sketch for a new painting that I started on yesterday. She has a bit of that pin-up girl saucy-ness, and it should be a challenge to paint the back views of her clothes.

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