I wondered who will jump out of the treasure chest on solstice: Petra!
It was a long sketching and then I had to go into small brushes and glasses and teeth and strong shadows- interesting, all took its time, but went with a kind of ease. And then the background wanted to move in – red. Oh, “easy”, my mind said … I coloured the paper with red ink. waited it to dry and painted the shadow. – unfortunatelly I could not take any picture of the process today, as I had forgotten my mobile at home and just took it in the evening to take the finial picture – yes, there was a process, as the shadow did not want to stay defined – so I wipped the paper this turpentine, which ended in some stains I did not like. I put a layer of red oil paint, the stains stayed, I wipped it off again – to find myself “massaging” in acrylic paint … and also over the remaining shadow. It might just look red now – at least the original keeps some structure. But isn’t it crazy – what a process … and one more thing: also from the back red requested it’s space:
and the back:
Thank you, Petra!
Happy solstice!
<3 Susanne