Vickie, one and two.

[Debra Jones]

Summer. Hot. But the open studios in the afternoon on Monday are all I have for live bodies. I did Vickie last week because I was craving fleshtones. I have been working like a fiend on fur and from photos and a heated debate among some cyber friends prompted me to try out the concept of Optical Reds. I can't actually define how I am doing it, but I think the idea is to use red in transitional edges to boost the energy of them.

Vickie was the model last week and I was just stymied by her ashy gray-yellow skin. I have not done her justice in the five or six times I did her. Very tonal. Not much else.

Then I did the optical red idea and was very very happy. There is a close up and I don't know how these will load, but you will get the idea.