Eyes
 

I love painting the Left eye, (our right) first and working out from there. I love to render the iris just right where the color is brightened opposite the catch light making that arc of color sparkle. Once that is in, my subject comes alive.

Next fav is the outside of the mouth and the lower form of the cheek. Where my subject is not really smiling, but has a lift of a smile about to break, Warmly content.

Start and finish
 

I love to start a painting. All that excitement that this could be great. I love to set down the big shapes and contrasting angles. Then comes the tedium of getting everything correct and exact.

I also love to finish a painting. That is when my love of color takes over and those last few strokes can really make a painting "sing".

This is a great subject. I'm going to pose the guilty pleasures question to my painting group tonight.

Vianna

Today It's the Lips
 

It's still such a struggle, but right now, it would have to be the high light on the lower lip. Yep! It has got to be the lips and the more natural pout the better. Ask me this question a week from now and I'll probably give you a different answer. It seems every painting has something else that amuses or entertains me while I'm pulling it together.

Lynn,

You would have had a field day with our model, Brooke. She has this wonderful natural pout and she wore lip gloss or a very pale shiny lipstick. It was hard to capture that much pout without making her look like she had a swollen lip!

Renee Price :cool:

Pout
 

Hi Renee!

Yeah, Brooke sure looked like she had a challenging mouth. Julia Roberts would probably be another challenge. Chances of Ms.Roberts sitting for me are pretty slim. Will Brooke be in Greensboro next year? ;)