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I felt that it was time to be experimental, and inspired by Aja's work here:

[link]

I decided to break my mould and paint abstractly, using a palette knife. It was much harder than I first thought it would be, a lot more thought goes in to each stroke even though there are fewer of them. When I paint normally, it's thin layers and small strokes. Here it's very thick, working boldly with a lot of paint and a knife. Each stroke must count so much more than with my normal style of painting.

The picture itself was based on a picture of Liv Tyler who is a favourite beauty of mine. This is the picture, the cover to one of my favourite films:

[link]

Overall I am pleased with the painting because I found it so challenging. However I am disappointed with the hair, which I think could be done much better. Still it's good practise and hopefully my next attempt at something like this will be better.

Description
I felt that it was time to be experimental, and inspired by Aja's work here:

[link]

I decided to break my mould and paint abstractly, using a palette knife. It was much harder than I first thought it would be, a lot more thought goes in to each stroke even though there are fewer of them. When I paint normally, it's thin layers and small strokes. Here it's very thick, working boldly with a lot of paint and a knife. Each stroke must count so much more than with my normal style of painting.

The picture itself was based on a picture of Liv Tyler who is a favourite beauty of mine. This is the picture, the cover to one of my favourite films:

[link]

Overall I am pleased with the painting because I found it so challenging. However I am disappointed with the hair, which I think could be done much better. Still it's good practise and hopefully my next attempt at something like this will be better.