In this oil painting on board i tried to get across the saying seen but not heard, she looks as if she just want to burst her mouth open an speak, the neutral colours in the background make the image feel suttle and give it that quiet feel, i attempted to impliment bright colours into the chair and dress to make it feel as if this image has more to give, the cloth on the chair is golden to suggest she has more to be worth than this quiet figure reading in her chair.
Below are four life drawings created using chalk, charcoal and oil pastels, most from a 40 minute sitting.
Rotluff
Vermeer
