Ok so hand up all those obsessed with Frida Kahlo?...
**SILENCE**
**SOUND OF CRICKETS CHIRPING**
Alrighty so maybe not everyone is as O.B.S.E.S.S.E.D. with her as me, but I tell you, I just can't get enough of painting her. I'm not past that 'phase' yet and don't really know if I ever will be.
But what I do like to do, is mix things up a bit, whether it's a different background colour or colours. Frida may have a short round face, or a long elongated one. She's wearing beads or loads of flowers in her hair. Her hair is long and flowy, or short and tight. But the thing I absolutely love the most is when I post a progress shot of my current WIP (work in progress) on Facebook or Instagram and one of my gorgeous friends gives me a suggestion like - "why don't you paint her eye's a different colour" (thank you Melissa Rai). My brain goes into overdrive!
So here we go - from Start to Finish - "Salma and the Hummingbird" - 12 x 24 inches
Background layers starting to take shape
Salma lightly sketched and colour blocked a little
Some colour added to Salma.
And she's done!
One last little note. I named this painting Salma because Salma Hayek played Frida Kahlo in the movie "Frida".
As always, thanks for popping by
Nat xx