I’ve tried drawing and painting people in the past with very little success. They generally were disproportionate and had really scary eyes. I mean truly frightening. I decided to check a couple books on drawing out from the library to see if I could teach myself.
After paging through several step by step tutorials, I felt a had a much better grasp on the technique. Of course not being someone to make things easy on myself, I grabbed a “mop-up” piece of paper to begin sketching on. Perhaps I’m less intimidated by a messy garbage page than a blank white one.
Since the sketching of the girl went well, I decided to challenge myself further and attempt to paint her. 
I had to be really careful not to get the paper too wet as it was only copy paper. You can see that I wrinkled up some of the fibers of the paper in her hair. Luckily I was able to get it to lay back down and not rib a hole in the page.
The words are from a Tim Holtz sticker pack. They fit my mood…being proud to be a woman and no one can take that away from me. And that’s as political as I’m going to get. 🙂
Linking up today with Art Journal Journey for Every page tell a story.
Love your face, I saw a lot of girls today with cat’s ears! Thanks for another great page for AJJ, Hugs, Valerie
Its the perfect page and story for all the marches today-although I’m not particularly political myself-at least usually. I like piece today, and I think you got the eyes down. Not scary at all Halle. Happy weekend, and thanks for joining in at AJJ. Erika
I really enjoyed this entry, and had to laugh at your not being political. I know that for a fact. But I’m glad you shared this because it hit home for the Saturday march.
Lovely painting, she looks very serene and you have captured her eyes beautifully :-). Happy Sunday! J 🙂
A wonderful painting Halle! Amazing colors and textures! Thank you for joining in at AJJ!
Happy new week !
Susi
Your face is wonderful Halle! Perfect quote! Hugs, Chrisx