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Portrait turned abstract painting

9/30/2016

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I wanted to try a watercolor portrait a la Jean before returning her book to the library. 

I used a photo found on the net as inspiration and got to work on those washes. I liked the first few layers - all done in one sitting.
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I returned to this few days later. Needless to say, I could not find the reference photo anymore. I kept glazing until all the transparency was gone. In retrospect, I should have done two things: 
  • do not add texture on her face! Really - what was I thinking?! The example in the book was a man with a beard, it made sense to have some texture.
  • stop after the second wash! All I needed to do is add a bit of definition for the eyes and maybe another wash on the background - the left part. 
Discouraged, I decided to throw some acrylic and collage at it and turn it into an abstract! I did not take pics of all the intermediate steps, but hopefully the images below give an idea. 
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