first painting of the year

[goutwort]

Comments

[pbprincess]

How big do you work, Mr. Goutwort?

[goutwort]

Her face is about the size of a silver dollar. I usually try to work small enough to fit the piece onto my scanner.

[hannah_nutwood]

i really like the mouth and eyes (and the way her hair explodes atop her head). it makes me want to pick up my watercolours, paint something and then toss them into a corner in frustration because i have nowhere near the ability you have.

[goutwort]

Watercolours certainly are the type of things that lend themselves to being thrown into corners.

[ginger_root]

I agree with everyone. It's lovely and amazing and I would also like to have her hair and pile it atop my head and let birds make nests in it.

[goutwort]

Thank you.

Now it is the next day and I am feeling bad for not liking her yesterday.

[kiwikat]

i love the looseness of the hair.

overall i just really admire your style for the ways it's very different from mine. i'm addicted to lines and i envy your skill with pale washes and subtle variations in tone. it's so cool to see your end results.

[goutwort]

Thank you.

I always try to use lines to describe the drawing rather than BE the drawing. It sounds semantic, but I think it is an important distinction.

I like her.

[blott]

Her face is so still but her hair is sort of frenzied.
(and whether it was intended or not, the expression given through her eyes is great. Stern, yet not severe.)

Re: I like her.

[goutwort]

Still and frenzied. I think that's a good description. Thanks.