My characters never really start to come together until I find the eyes.
The eyes have to resonate with my heart before I can go deep into the rest of the painting.
There’s always an ugly stage, but, little by little, layer by layer, the face and shape comes together and then it feels like magic.
The other day when this happened, I was working on this new female portrait.
I’d been wanting to paint a woman with wings. But she kept looking so rigid and tight.
I could not get her eyes or posture right.
It wasn’t until I added all of the titanium white oil paintstick like a feathered cape that she stepped into her power.
If I paint over something again and again, I know I’ve stopped having fun. I’m usually trying to make my painting perfect.
Sometimes when I look at a finished painting like this and remember all of the layers underneath, I still forget that I was also painting many pieces at once and that each of those pieces went through their own ugly stages.
The Finding Peace Collection is about using your greatest essence to spread hope, peace and be light.
I’ve also been getting so many questions about how I find time to paint and stay loose, so I’ve put together my Bliss Mixed Media Painting online class, which has many projects you can do in under 10 minutes.
Click here to learn more about Bliss Mixed Media Painting.
Here’s a fun video to get you started too. I hope it all keeps you inspired!
In Bliss Mixed Media Painting online class, we layer all sorts of art supplies – oil paintsticks, watercolors, pastel, ink, acrylics, pencil, papers and pen to create all sorts of faces and portraits you’ll love, so you can easily develop your own style.
I love using pastels and oil paintsticks to really create softness in my paintings.
In this video you’ll see how I create two portraits in under 10 minutes to help you loosen up and play.
Happy Painting!
xo Juliette Crane
P.S. If you’ve been wanting to paint together, but don’t have a lot of time, I’ve put together my Happy Painting Mini Course, which has five-instant-access projects to get you started.
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I'M JULIETTE
A painter, writer, and creator of The School Of Happy Painting, online courses to help you loosen up, let go, and develop your own unique style.
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