“100 Belly Dancers, No. 91″ 8×10″ pastel portrait. © Marie Marfia.
I like working on mat board with gesso over the top. I like how I never know what the chalk will do until I swipe it over the surface. It keeps my drawings looser than they would be otherwise. And I like pulling a different color mat board out every day. It’s like putting a quarter in a gum ball machine. You never know what’ll come out. Sometimes you get cherry and sometimes you get licorice. It’s all candy, though. Good stuff.
This is from a reference photo by Frank Kovalchek. Available on Daily Paintworks.
I like how the blue fans up at an angle. It seems to mimic the movement of hips and hands. Nice.
Thanks, man!