"Aphrodite"

Thank you Douglas!

I had such a hard time choosing a single photo – you chose well for your portrait as well Val. I’m having an even more difficult time moving on to something new! She was All That. Indeed.

Hard to go wrong with this subject matter. Thanks Christophe.

Goddesses are such fun! :)

Awesome Lee,Thanks!

Thank you Jim. The mylar can be very tricky – I’m still not 100% pleased with the rendering, but believe me I’ve given it 100% in effort. I keep coming back to the mylar because of it’s ethereal quality.

Lynsye, somehow I knew you would approve. :) Thanks again for guiding my direction. <3>

Thanks Firedrake, the mylar film gives that effect. It’s actually very difficult to build up dark layers and to do subtle shadings. In the end you just have to give over to the medium. Seems to work well for this subject. xx

Thanks for commenting!

Thank you! xx

Boy, artists can use all the applause they can get! Thanks kindly for that!

Thank you David! How are you – I have a new myspace page. I’ll look you up. xx ~ Alice

Thanks very much Pauline. I so admire your work, I really appreciate your feedback.

She was gorgeous!

Haha! I make the list longer by commenting back. ;) Thank you SD, I really admire surrealist art, this may be one of the first pieces I’ve done that approaches that style. Thanks so much!

But Colin, this IS a charcoal drawing! :) From the photo art of Bert Stern, Marilyn’s last sitting.

No problem Colin. Glad you like!

Thanks Angel, living up to your name, I see. xx

So much fun! I may never go back to pastels – although I think they may work on the mylar as well. There’s a thought! :)

Hey, COOL! Thanks so much Patricia! xx

Thanks Ingz! I couldn’t resist drawing her.

Thanks so much Damien! It was great to work from such a wonderful reference, but I liked adding the butterflies as a touch of whimsy.

Thanks Janelle. You have some lovely photos in your portfolio! I enjoyed my visit.

Thanks so much Sarah. I really wanted to draw her from a reference different from the usual, highly recognized glamor poses. I love this suite by Bert Stern. It was a challenge to get that backlit look, and I think I revised the face four times after my first posting. :)

Thank you Makeba!

Thanks for the fave and watch!!! <3>

Thanks for all your kindnesses Jean!

Woohoo! Thanks for the double feature! xx

Hahaha! Somehow, that makes me feel really old. :) kidding. Have no idea how many hours, until it’s done I guess! Not maybe as many as you’d think. The mylar is quick on the less detailed areas, but slow in the finer details or delicate gradients. I had a tricky time with the likeness on this one, and redo-s tend to be tough on mylar. It’s easy to erase mistakes, but it erases too thoroughly, and then it’s a bit like staring all over. I redid the facial features, especially the eyes at least three times. I’m happy with it now. :) Thanks Morris!

Thanks, but I’m not much into the t’s – especially since I used someone else’s photo to create this image.

Thanks Angela!

Thanks so much Nori!

Thanks so much Sarah! I already entered the challenge with my work “Black Butterfly”. Do you think I should change them?

Thanks so much for your kind comment Chris – I’m really impressed with your portfolio! Glad you found me here on the bubble.

Thank you for that, and for the watch Sinead!

Thanks Cora – I’m showing this at my upcoming solo exhibition. Have you been to the Zhou B Center?

Thanks Mudsoldat! Cool screen name. LOL.

Thanks for all the love Steph! xx

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