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Thoughtful

Apparently *thinking* looks like big gold acrylic bubbles. When I made this I had wanted to paint gold circles on tan paper and use sky blue hard pastel. Simple as that. I had no idea this was going to have a girl as a subject, though not unpredictable. I also told myself that I will focus more on expressive faces instead of stoic ones, so obviously I wanted to do the opposite. Ha! Well, I am A-Ok with not following directions. Never was good at it anyway. =)  I deeply want to draw more ladies like this. More importantly, I want to draw bigger! I want large tan sheets to draw on!

Thoughtful by Amber D'Amato ~ Hard Pastels & Gold Acrylic

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