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Back in the saddle!

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©2019, Emma Pittson, “View from Tremblant”. Photoshop.

So it’s been… what? A few years since my last blog post? I know, I know.. it’s absolutely shameful.

In my defense, I WAS returning to work after a 10 year absence, so I had a lot to prove. For a long while, there just wasn’t any time or head space at the end of the day for art-making.

But so far, my career has got itself (mostly) back on track (knock on wood), the kids are doing ok, and my house isn’t falling apart – win!

There’s also something about September that makes me think “time for another ’30 Paintings in 30 Days’ challenge”, but since Leslie Saeta isn’t doing that this year, I decided it was time for a little self-motivation!

The Challenge:

Spend as many of my lunch hours as possible doing landscape studies in Photoshop.

The Rules:

Onwards!

Painting for January 7: Technique is overrated

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“January 7, 2017″ – oil on wood, 6″ x 8”

Ok, so I’ve fallen off the wagon a bit (a lot) for this “30 Paintings in 30 Days” challenge, but in my defense, I did say that I might not be able to keep up the pace all the way through.  (The village was already burning when I got here, Ma’am.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it).

And what strange paintings these are!  First of all, painting hair is totally different from painting faces because hair is essentially a shape, or collection of shapes.  Consequently, they’re coming out a lot rougher and more slap-dash than the portrait studies from the last challenge.

I *think* I like them, even if they weren’t at all what I expected.

Lady Hamilton Study

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Lady Hamilton portrait study, Photoshop, 2016

Study of a George Romney portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton, because I love “That Hamilton Woman”, and we Emmas need to stick together.

Also, if I could just find that One.  PERFECT.  Brush. these digital studies would go a lot faster…

WestWorld fanart

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Dolores from HBO’s “Westworld”, photoshop, 2016

I can’t say that I’m loving HBO’s “Westworld” as much as, say, “Game of Thrones”, but some of the characters are pretty compelling.  I’ve enjoyed Dolores’ transformation from “damsel in distress” to “total badass”, but more than that, I’m a big fan of actress Evan Rachel Wood and the proud jut of her chin!