The loverly Mickayla is so much more than this photo shows, and my intention was to catch that in my painting. She is super-smart, all A's practically all the time; she is so animated when she talks, and so quiet when she is listening; she has a lot of red and blond in her brownish hair but doesn't believe me about that; she has great opinions and is becoming such a wonderful woman incorporating all of her experiences and past mistakes right along with her successes.
So here we have my first attempt at painting Granddaughter, I'm her extra G-ma and so proud and happy about that. Now looking at the images side by side, I see that her eyes and eyebrows are too small, and maybe my skin is a tad too pink...in the background I have collaged in her astrological sign and some other things that I know about her...BUT it's still not catching Mickayla's essence, or maybe my essence in explaining her.
I am going to put this aside for a second and do some poppies to get out of this far too serious mode. I need to come back to Mickayla with a free spirited vibe, like hers.
Not breathing any too well right now. Just feeling kinda up tight and wound up in a yarn ball, a perfectly wound yarn ball!
