Experimentation!

I sketched the lines of this picture a while ago, but today I decided to colour it.  The main reason for that is that I was browsing through more fashion blogs ~ just clicking and following links that interested me and I found a picture that made me go ~ “Huh.” 

It was a simple line art that was coloured in a really nice pastel palette.  I looked at it and went “That style of colouring really suits the type of sketches I’ve been doing lately ~ I wonder how it would look if I tried something like that?”

And this is the result :

~  “Curls”  ~

So my next question after completing it was ~ I wonder if anyone would buy this picture on Etsy?  I have a hard time knowing if my work is good enough to sell and if it is, how much to price it at.  I don’t want to overcharge ~ I personally hate it when you find something you like, but it’s ridiculously expensive.  But at the same time, I don’t want to under value my work and the time and effort that goes into it.  Not forgetting materials either!

It’s more than a bit of a quandary.   And I don’t have a ready answer for this one I am afraid.

Anyway, I haven’t forgotten about posting the inspiration.   I found the inspiration picture when I was looking at Fallie’s Scrapbook.   Can I just say that I am in awe of this child?  She’s thirteen and has some seriously awesome photographs of her outfits {she looks like a model in an editorial spread in just about every photo of her.  I don’t know if she takes the photos herself or gets help, but either way they look fantastic.  And she does really good art work in Photoshop.  I’d love to be able to do graphic art as well as her.  And she’s thirteen!!  Can I die now?  Some one kill me please…..}

 

It isn’t Fallie’s work, just a picture she posted.  I used the pastel colour palette idea.  Other than that ~ it’s not really the same at all!  Of course, I did the line art before I saw this picture or I might have tried something a little different in execution of the pencil technique for my piece.  The subject would have been the same though.  I am quite fond of this little nymph and her expression.  I won’t point out the flaws I can see ~  I don’t want you to see them too {!!} but I hope you enjoy the picture.

Oooh, and tell me if you would be interested in purchasing a print of this ~ or what price you think that  it would be reasonable to sell it at.  I need help!

xox,

b.

Edited Notes:  Turns out Fallie does have her older sister to help her take the photos, but considering that Fallie’s poses are more model-eske  than Anni’s {Find Anni’s blog at Style Hurricane} I am thinking that she comes up with them herself.   o___O