Levitation in the Forest at Midnight

I love art that tells a story...images with mysterious atmosphere and magical settings.

Here is a short step-by-step of how I painted (with acrylic paint) "Enchanted", the portrait of a peaceful maiden that takes place in a dark snowy forest at midnight (an unlikely story, I know)

After sketching the trees of my forest I loosely paint the colored underlayer of the image. I like to have bright colors as an undercoat. I cover every inch of the canvas, no white should be left.

 

Then I start adding the browns of my trees...

 

I keep on darkening the colors of the forest...

 

Now it is time to add the main character. I draw her silhouette on top of my background with a white pencil. Then I start using a dry-brushing technique in white. Like a little ghost of a girl suspended in the air...

 

The white underlayer makes an opaque base for the colors I will use on the girl.

 

And here is my final "Enchanted". A blissfully sleeping blond girl floating in mid-air under the moonlight with the birds watching over her...

 

A sleeping fox is curled up on her dress...

 

She radiates love and serenity.

 

Comments

[corine]

tweeted this!

[Disheveledhobo]

That is such an interesting process. I'm always in awe of painters!

[Isabelle Bryer]

Hello Disheveled Hobo. I know your craft is writing. Everyone thinks that since they know how to speak they know how to write but as I am trying to make some sense and be interesting on this new blog I realize that it takes real inspiration to be a good writer. And painting seems so much easier to me...thanks for your comment!