( “you look like a feminine boy” )
Emergency post!
edit: Phew! Okay, I posted with no blog component just so I could get it in at 11:58. It’s probably pointless to be anal about the time, but, oh well. Now that it’s posted, I’m editing to write.
I was busy today and sort of neglected to think about Thing-a-Day for quite a bit, so I rushed this. I couldn’t even think of what to do. I shouldn’t have done a self-portrait because I’m always bothered about getting it right, it always looks off, so… well!
Anyway. THRIIILL as Sophia gingerly dips her feet into the icy cold waters of INK WASH and then runs away like a little sissy. The whole point of ink wash is to be spontaneous and fluid and expressive, but, as I say, I’m always in — this — this mood. This intense no-fun mood. Always with the looking and the peering and the getting-so-wrapped-up-in-details that I neglect the sort of — the health of the work. I can’t relax! But I am trying to move towards relaxation as a goal in my work this month. And yeah, I’ve been looking like a fruity teenage boy ever since I got this haircut. I daresay I look even more feminine in this painting. YEAH anyway everyone should see Hotel Rwanda, it’s a good movie.
[media: .7 sakura sumogrip mechanical pencil and yasutomo sumi ink in cachet linen watercolor sketchbook.]
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this is a beautiful portrait. also, high-five for us girls with boyish good looks
very good portrait. nice to meet you here.