Rachel Lynn

Thumbnails for a new watercolor!  Tryin’ a little bit of everythaaang.

Flower-space. 

“blow through the caverns of my soul”

My beautiful mother!  This one is driving me a little crazy- I wish I could capture her face better but I’m having a hard time with it...

This was pretty dang quick.  I was trying to get more of a feeling of shifting light which I think was achieved though I’m still waiting to get a better handle on the whole ‘form’ aspect (my light and dark spots still feel too focused).

I also want to keep improving the overall light and dark ‘situation’ and work in bigger swatches of dark and light.  That’s coming a little more naturally as I’m practicing (especially since I stopped pencil sketching prior to putting paint down) but I do still tend to get bogged down in the details and not pay attention to the larger topographical patterns in an image. 

I realize the eyes are off kilter now, however, I’m a lot happier with the style of this portrait than the others.  This is getting closer to the style I’m trying for.

After playing around with the self portrait a little bit I do like this better.  I think I’m realizing that one of the keys is the way I use line and form (obviously...this is art).  More specifically, the way I mix line and form in a piece.  This feels more dynamic to me but also more cohesive.

It looks like me but I’m still really not into the style that I naturally gravitate towards...which is why I’m practicing I guess.  Master’s studies next??

So, I’m going to revise my challenge to to one portrait every two days. 

Me(ish!)

 A good friend of mine. 

My goal is to paint a quick portrait five days a week for at least two weeks.  This might be a long shot but if you’d like to help me practice and want to send in a photo of yourself I would be grateful!  Message me if you’re interested!

I’m working on finishing this commission that’s long overdue for an old friend.  He collects coins and this will be the cover for a book of his coins of Europe.  I previously finished a cover for his book of coins from Asia.  Sadly, I didn’t get a good picture of it but if you click on the photo above there should be a link to the photo he took of the other finished cover with his phone.

I will not overwork this, I will not overwork this, I will not overwork this...(my mantra/goal lately)