Figurative hand-painted portrait with oil pastel chalk of a woman.
Sunlight shines on her white suit with shorts and pink cap. Her white clothes with a large bow stand out well against her sun-tanned skin. The sun gives a golden brown glow to her skin and casts golden shadows here and there on her white suit.
She is sitting on a bench and on the dark background you can still very vaguely see a painting, creating depth and making her stand out nicely against the background.
I have time to draw and paint more after years of volunteer work for the St. Care Foundation The Gambia. Inspiration I got in the Gambia where I also lived. The colors, the population and life is a great source of inspiration. But also the quieter.. Read more…