This is a small painting about heartbreak I painted in acrylic on Wednesday at my art group. It began with no real aim, then I saw a study of Sargent's Madame X and decided to draw it. I noticed that the negative space on the left was like the facial profile so I put a face there, then I roughly painted it, often choosing the only wet colours on the palette because the acrylics dried so quickly. I should really try a stay-wet one because it annoys me so much to mix a colour and find it's turned to plastic within minutes! At the end I painted the broken heart because I was feeling that way that day. It's rough and blotchy but I liked it enough to sign, if not enough for my website.
Today I've completed the drawing on The Invisible Woman, and added more to another drawing called The Quest For Pity on the Road to Self-Destruction. I started drawing that last one over a year ago! I must get a move on with it.
