Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Young Empress wip~

200th post on the blog~! Yay. This is for R. Thanks for being my best friend even when i am so far away~


This is unusually "cheery" for me, probably because of the colors i saw, mainly in the Tibetan household, during my Yunnan trip. Traveling sure changes how i approach my pieces...

shell

10 comments:

turcios curriculum said...

fantástico tu arte!
abrazo desde españa

Jeffrey Lai said...

Wow
the colour and the composition is just amazing!

Chris Turner said...

You did indeed save the day again. It's a beaut!

Dave Lebow said...

Beautiful! Again, I am curious, are these figures pulled from your imagination or do use reference or hire models? You paint so quickly as well. I am amazed!

ernesto said...

great work. i love how you worked the red, it looks like dyed fabric.

shelly w said...

Hi Dave,

I pulled my figure refs from my digital library mainly: photography, sculpture, anything really. most of the stuff i ref to are older than 1920s. i don't have a budget or studio presently to shoot workable photography for now, and i usually find heavily referenced work too restraining... i hope this is of some help...?

Luciano said...

Mucha rules!
Lovely

Manu said...

Shelly this is beautiful!
Manu

Anders said...

sumptuous!

Eric Spray said...

beautiful as always Shelly! Where are you working out of these days? Are you still at Rockstar? Keep inspiring! :)

Eric