Ballerina – Older Child
I really liked the way this girl turned out, especially her dress. I like her skin tone much more also; it looked as if she is actually wearing pink tights with the dress, but I also noticed that her skin tone is too close to the color I made the dress. In the photo her dress is more of a cream color that blends in a lot with her surroundings, but I wanted it to stand out a little more. She is also in a lot of shadow, but I didn’t want to paint her that way. I think the background is much too light. I sharpened it up a lot in photoshop in the third picture here, but that is not how it looks. I am not sure what color to try and add into the background to bring her out more.
Any suggestions??? I need lots of help with this one!
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug. 🙂
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Posted on April 11, 2015, in Art Talk and tagged acrylic paintings, acrylics, Ballerinas #2, Degas, Degas Copies, Edgar Degas, Gothic ballerinas, Swan Lake ballerinas, Tippy Toes, Twirling Ballerinas. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
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Lovely these Patsy 🙂
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Thank you so much, Sherri! 🙂 I have re-done the small girl which I think turned out better. I just won’t be able to post it until tomorrow. Have a great evening, my friend! 🙂
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Thanks Patsy, you too 🙂
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Thanks, Sherri. 🙂
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I think I would try a pale shade of slate (pale blue gray to enhance the skin and dress color,
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She is pale in the photo and the dress is actually a cream color. I changed it to pink and wanted to maintain the sheer see-through effect. I think I’m going to leave it the way it is for now. But thanks for the suggestion, Melva.
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Lovely work Patsy on your daughter, the Ballerina!! Beautiful pose and do like how delicate she looks.
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Thank you, Mary, but she isn’t my daughter. My daughter never got into ballet. I actually took her to a couple of classes when she was about three, but she hated it so didn’t continue. I am still working on trying to get her hands right. The girl in the picture just has the absolute sweetest pose and expression, but I haven’t captured it yet! Back to the drawing board, but thanks so much for your encouragement, Mary!
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I think what you have blends well with the pastel shades
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Really? Thanks, Derrick. I really don’t want to do anything else to it, because I’m afraid I’ll do something to ruin it! HA! 🙂
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