Painting Project This Week-Susan

I have been working diligently this week on a painting of my beloved piano teacher, Susan Havener, who passed away of breast cancer 3 years ago. I started with a pastel practice drawing on black paper in shades of green, blue, and peach. Next, I transferred an enlarged drawing of a photo I had of Susan onto a huge canvas. Mikaela assisted me by drawing the outline of my body on a separate piece of paper and I transferred this also to the canvas. I blocked out the background in green oil paint and drew the body with oil crayons. I've wanted to paint Susan for a long time as an homage to her memory because she had a huge impact upon my life. I feel like she is still teaching me. This is also another way to stretch myself and take my painting a step further by painting on the largest canvas I've ever worked with. (Deborah has also encouraged me to do this.)