These are the drawings I did when the power went out during Hurricane Ike. I figured they’d look different in the light of day. I was right. Seems darkness spreads a girls nose wider than intended. I plan to fix that in a bit. After I saw the first one I decided to wait until the sun went down to paint it. So in addition to sketching her in the dark I transferred her to a different piece of paper, fixed that dang on nose (on the transfer) then painted her again in the dark.
I really like the look on the face of the pencil sketch version of the flower girl. There seems to be a sense of pride in the way she holds her head. I like that. In the version with colour that look is lost. I need to go back and correct her nose though. I might have to break format and do it with the lights on though.
I never know what I’m going to get when I’m painting by candle light. I’ve done it several times without prompting by mother nature. I like the challenge.
Last but not least here’s the photo of the rest of the fireplace requested by excessively nosy people unsatisfied with only one half of the fireplace view. The little shadow box has Captain’s tags in it.
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