Video of the Creative Painting Steps of a Children's Oil Portrait

https://youtu.be/IPTv3vts4J8 This is a video slideshow of a children's oil portrait that I made and posted to YouTube. It was put together from photos taken of my painting in progress each night. Then I finally lined up all the photos so that it became a movie. I've included the transcript of my running dialog here. Hope you enjoy it! Would love to hear from you!

"Hi, Jessica Rockwell here. Welcome to what I call a painting diary because my work is photographed at the end of each day. It’s a custom oil portrait commission of a little girl. "The first day is just the drawing of the figure only. "The 2nd day is a rapid-fire attack to cover the whole figure with paint. "Then I moved on to refining the figure which appears much more subtle. I don’t want any background competing with it until the figure is well established. "Here I have started to add some background while still working on the figure. The mother had sent me photos of ornaments in their house and left it up to me to decide what to do. The actual photoshoot was done in front of a white built-in cabinet. The mother didn’t care if I used it but I thought it had possibilities. However, since the little girl was wearing a white dress I knew something drastic needed to be done to the background to set her off from it and I would figure it out as I went along. "Ahh, the portrait takes on some drama. Now to bring everything to the finish together … "Ta-Daah! The painting is finished! "For other works of mine, go to RockwellPortraits.com "I’ll be seeing you!" Related Posts: Classical Oil Portrait of a Little Girl in an Old-Fashioned Dress Portrait Oil Painting Technique Salutes Masters