Last night was my first class of the costume painting open studio at the Nevada Museum of Art. I have modeled for previous sessions, and it just looked like so much fun, so I enrolled and, well, there ya go.
The model was Carolyn, in her gorgeous 1780s robe a l’Anglaise, complete with hedgehog wig and giant Gainsborough hat. I was so happy to get to paint 18th century, and get stuck in with all the details.
The class is one 3 hour-long pose, so plenty of time to fiddle with rendering satin and facial features. 🙂 I’m already looking forward to next week, yay!
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April 13, 2012 at 8:02 PMLovely! I wish I could do something half that nice!
Jennifer Devine
April 15, 2012 at 7:02 PMHi Lauren,
I really like your painting. I like the way you changed some things too, like making the background cloth red with a gold design border and taking the wrinkles out of the skirt. Nice work.
Jennifer
Lauren R
April 15, 2012 at 9:34 PMThank you very kindly. I really enjoyed the class and can't wait for the next one 🙂
M'lady
April 17, 2012 at 10:19 AMLooks like a great painting…you could miniaturize it and put it in a broach.
Katrina - Edelweiss Patterns
April 18, 2012 at 6:33 AMAm I to understand you actually painted that? That is incredible, and I'm sure you must have had a lot of practice to be that good at it.
Happy sewing & happy painting!
Katrina
Lauren R
April 19, 2012 at 9:01 PMI did indeed paint this. Thank you for the lovely compliment 🙂