Artists
Related: About this forumMy rendering of FLOTUS Michelle Obama
This is a photo of the artwork but it came out slightly blurry so please accept my apologies.

FM123
(10,386 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)trueblue2007
(19,327 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(5,192 posts)calimary
(90,817 posts)Really lovely, lunatica!
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Cyrano
(15,388 posts)And if you haven't yet read her latest book, "Becoming," do yourself a favor and get hold of a copy. Who this wonderful woman is shines through brightly and clearly.
Ohiogal
(41,057 posts)Very nicely done! I love the graphic quality.
dlk
(13,343 posts)Blue_playwright
(1,621 posts)H2O Man
(79,257 posts)Beautiful!
femmedem
(8,566 posts)You've posted some beautiful work here, but I think this one is my favorite yet.
Makes me want to get disciplined about value studies, too.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Im always driven to push my comfort zone and to experiment. Thats what keeps me interested. If I fail its no big deal because in art failure always teaches you something, but when I succeed in my experiments I never regret pushing it.
Duppers
(28,476 posts)Wish she could see this.
mopinko
(73,943 posts)nice style, too.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Its a blocking technique where large areas are blocked out and filled in with one color to depict shadows and light. The finer details are ignored almost completely.
sheshe2
(98,466 posts)You are very talented, lunatica.
Thank you.
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