Color: Dark Lady

Hello fellow bloggers and artists! The theme for this project was Color, so I decided to get creative and try a media I hardly ever use: water color. I wanted to create a contrast with dark and light, however, I didn't want the dark to be overbearing or "sad." So, I used an African American woman for the piece. The woman is "dark" but the background was meant to convey a lightheartedness, as was the necklace and her eyes. When I worked on this piece, I didn't have symbolism in mind. Instead, I decided that the colors should make the viewers "think." Let them, come up with the symbolis.

It was much easier than I anticipated in shading the woman's body and I was able to fully convey the affect I was going for with her hair and the background. However, I feel that her face could have been shaded a bit more, but I like it as it is. Her face was the hardest to color, in that it had the most detail and I didn't want to be overbearing with the blue. I was also disappointed in the coloring of her lips, but thanks to many, including Kate (thanks girl!) I decided to keep them that particular shade and it has grown on me. I believe this piece to be done, but if any of you have ideas, please feel free to tell me.