ART UPDATE: PORTRAIT A GIRL WITH A RED SCARF

 Hello readers and fellow bloggers. How are you doing? Today I'm back with another art update. This time I will share an acrylic painting of a girl with a red scarf. I made this portrait  painting mainly  to practice portrait painting. I used my husband's photograph of myself as a reference but my priority  was not to achieve resemblence but rather to practice depicting skin. All in all, it was a good painting  practice. 







I  didn't feel like following the photograph reference exactly so I changed up some things. The green scarf became a red scarf. Not that I don't like the reference, I might base a portrait painting on it some day. This time I was just using it as general inspiration, though.  Scroll down to see some more artistic portrait paintings I did in the past. 

 I was actually planning on posting this portrait painting as a part of my Friday Fashion Illustration series but I had issues with my connection yesterday so I'm posting it today.  







Thank you for reading and visiting. Have a lovely day. 

Comments

  1. Mica14 August 2021 at 13:43

    It's a cute painting and the res scarf works well with the blue background! :)

    Hope you are having a good weekend :) We enjoyed the warmer weather at the park yesterday, such a nice day for winter!

    Away From The Blue

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  2. J.P. Alexander14 August 2021 at 18:26

    Me gusto tu cuadro en especia los ojos transmiten serenidad. El retrato de la princesa tambien me gusto. te mando un beso

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  3. ellie14 August 2021 at 19:54

    Such amazing colors in this one. Very vibrant! Lovely little white dress too..in your first pic! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful post!

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  4. Vix15 August 2021 at 06:57

    I love this, the red scarf is perfect against the blue background! xxx

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  5. Polyester Princess15 August 2021 at 10:24

    I'm living the vibrant colours you used in this portrait, Ivana, and I think you did a brilliant job with the skin tones! I'm also loving the cute white dress you're wearing combined with those orange heels xxx

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  6. Ananka15 August 2021 at 14:28

    That looks so good and I do love a scarf in my hair. And said it before, I just love those orange heels :-D

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  7. Leone15 August 2021 at 23:27

    Amazing art. Your talent is a gift from God :)

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  8. Sheila16 August 2021 at 15:44

    I like that you changed up the scarf for one that would contrast against the background, Ivana. Your proportions on the face are perfect - she looks very even.

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  10. Lulu28 August 2021 at 09:55

    Ivana, I think your legs must go on forever!!! You are so busy with your painting and art, I wish I could be so prolific and practice more. Lulu x

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