Honored to be invited by Les Boudoirs Boutique, a luxury lingerie store in California, to do a Mother's Day strawberries and champagne event, doing a painting demo of the lovely Amina in a gorgeous corset.
Some good friends in the audience took some step-by-step pictures which I thought I would share to show my demo process. So here they are!
Thank you to Les Boudoirs Boutique, my lovely model Amina, and all who attended.
http://lesboudoirs.com
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"Les Boudoirs to Degas"
SOLD
18x24"
By Johanna Spinks |
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| It always feels good at the end. |
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| The Pose: Who can go wrong painting the beautiful Amina in a lovely Les Boudoirs corset? |
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| The start. Quick charcoal lines to loosen up on a toned board just like Degas and Lautrec used. |
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| Gestural drawing to capture the movement of the figure. Trying to say a loose as string. |
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| Off to paint we go, blocking in light and dark side of forms. Thinking solid forms! |
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| Working up the elements, knowing I have things pretty much in place now, and the corset will be icing on the cake. Much easier to paint for me than the body and face. I know at this point the demo is going to be fine. |
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| Blocking in features of face, keeping them loose and pushed back. One can't paint a fully developed portrait and a figure in just three hours. Something has to give. In this case, the face is kept loose and sketchy through to the end. |
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| Close-up: Oh, what fun. I added some new drawing lines in to complete the sketchy feel. |
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