Acrylic on canvas, July 2010
Finished (for now)…still unhappy with the background… will pick this up again before giving to them for their anniversary.
This was the first acrylic work I started, but didn’t finish it right away (I still don’t think it’s done). Step-by-step process here:
Made papa smile more:
Now filled them in…
The eyes and faces were tricky:
I think it was at this point that I started talking to my painting, saying “Hello, Papa; hello, Mama”. It felt strange but also reassuring, to recognize them, or for them to come out and meet me… as if they were consenting, that I was doing something right…
Now fixed the eyes, also made mom’s face thinner… but acrylics are tricky… I couldn’t re-blend shades to match papa’s skin tones, so left them be! haha
This one was nearly done… I wasn’t sure what to do with the blue background so I called it a day and left it as is:
The next day, I “finished” the background with mountains since both of them love Tagaytay… but there’s something still not right… What do you think?