by Betsy Ogles
April 12, 2019
My portrait is now complete. What a challenging and fun project this was. This is such an iconic photo, it was very important to me to get it "jus...
by Betsy Ogles
March 30, 2019
Today we painted for about 3 1/2 hours. I worked on her face, lips, eyes and hair. The lip and chin area was very challenging and required much a...
by Betsy Ogles
March 28, 2019
The eyes were scarry - it is the focus of the painting, but I think we both did a great job in the first attempt.
by Betsy Ogles
March 24, 2019
The intensity in the girl's green eyes draws you right into the photo. Capturing that will be a must in the painting.
by Betsy Ogles
March 15, 2019
I looked again at my painting and knew that I had to decide what the real story of this painting is - the sunset or the village, but not both.
by Betsy Ogles
March 15, 2019
We've decided today that we are close enough to finishing that this is our last time working on this together.
by Betsy Ogles
March 15, 2019
I think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps one or two more sessions needed to complete it.
by Betsy Ogles
March 15, 2019
After today's session, I'm feeling better about the overall look of the painting.
by Betsy Ogles
March 09, 2019
As the buildings are filling in the hill, we are finding our reference photo to be less than optimal.
by Betsy Ogles
March 02, 2019
My little village finally looks like it is coming to life. Still a long way to go.
by Betsy Ogles
February 23, 2019
Uma and I are now questioning why we picked such a busy subject on such a large canvas, but there is no turning back now! One step at a time, just the buildings were originally built will get us to completion.
by Betsy Ogles
February 16, 2019
In this painting session, I added the rocky coastline in the lower right section of the painting. Multiple colors were mottled together to make a ...
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