Faces of Lola

Here are progression photos of a piece I started yesterday and finished today.

16x20 acrylic and pan pastels on gallery wrapped canvas.

I titled her, "Lola".

She started off as a sketch of a sweet and innocent young lady 

Then she quickly turned into a very scary looking person.

This is a common, known as the scary or ugly stage, to go thru.  It has been known to frighten someone from continuing.

I've been at this long enough to know to keep moving forward.

Added first layers highlights and shadows.

Refining the features.

Continue to refine the features and adding more color.

She went to the hair salon and had hair extensions added.

This is the final piece.

I wanted to knock off some the preciseness about the painting so I sanded the entire piece down.

I really like the affect.