I focused on my sister, Allison for this piece. While going through photos I had of her, I really thought of her nature as a person. I knew I had to choose this picture I had of her where she was posing goofy. I think it really captures her as a person in general. I was planning on going for a full body picture when painting, but changed my mind. I really liked the amount of details that were showing up in the face and really wanted to capture those.
Painting is not usually my favorite medium in terms of adding details. The more I was able to mess with different tones in the skins and work on textures, I really liked where the piece was headed. I'm usually more fond with oil paints just because I'm able to manipulate the paint better, but was able to achieve a similar effect using acrylic. I definitely had a few struggles when starting out, especially when choosing which medium I wanted to do. I wanted to keep the skin very smooth and include all of the varying tones within, but wanted to have fun with it as well. So I eventually decided to begin working on it with acrylics and instantly loved how it felt and was coming out.
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