[Mary Jane Ansell]

Thought I'd take the plunge and post up one of my recent open studio efforts ...this is a new model to me - I think she's just gorgeous and I'm hoping to do a lot more with her, hopefully some longer, more complex pieces, but here I was just enjoying figuring out her features and - unusually for me, playing with some bright colour to set things off...

This one is approx 15" x 15" and completed in 2 x 2 1/2 hour sessions, plus about 30 mins fiddling on the background (slap my hand from keeping on fiddling - oooh the temptation never ends;-)