"Miss Kolden"
Masonite Board
For sale here.
There is something peaceful about painting. I hope that is one thing that might show up in my paintings.
I've noticed in my portraits, this one included, that the eyes never look directly at the viewer. My goal is to make them look slightly relaxed and approachable. I say, "Slightly." I also mean, "amused, thinking, shy, or busy."
Today it was a delicious temperature, in the 70's. It made me wonder how these ladies in the1800's and early 1900's wore all of these long sleeves and long dresses, etc. in the summer months? And happily cooked over a wood stove. One thing we know. they probably weren't cold. Whew!
The garden will start popping open flowers like popcorn after a few warm days. I can't wait to paint some of the gems. Hopefully their happy faces will be obliged.
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