This painting was both wonderful to do, since I painted my babies, but it was also frustrating, since I have not painted portraits for a long time, let alone pastels, which can be a difficult medium to achieve accuracy with sometimes, but, factor the issue of 20 year old pastels, which kept crumbling into colored dust as I tried to use them, which was maddening. Of course, this is my fault for several reasons, but first and foremost, I should have THROWN THEM OUT AND BOUGHT A NEW SET. Alas, I'm getting cheap and stubborn in my advancing age (Hey, I'm 40 now!).
Anyway, I've really developed such an interest lately again in portraiture, and have decided to do an indefinite series, which means, until I get sick and tired of doing them, which may take a few years, or not at all! I guess I was kind of sick and disgusted with people in general for a while, and that reflected in my abhorrence of painting them at all.
Anyway, there will be more to come, now that my heart is starting to thaw out on this subject....
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