Texting In The Sun

Texting In the Sun, Day 2, Thirty Minute Daily Drawing Series ( Monday).
Note how she's shielding the screen of her device from the glare of the sun.
those hands need a drawing of their own.

Texting In The Sun, Day 1 Thirty Minute Daily Drawing Series (Sunday)..

Saturday, I tried a little different approach with Erin: my 6B sideways. the gesture still excites me.

 

Erin, graphite value study, 9 x 12"

Feet, sand, water, the quality of computer photographic reproduction occupied the afternoons of the weekend. Then,  I'll Be In The Hot Tub! was signed. Time to move on.  The computer color reproduction convinced me I definitely need to upgrade my photo editing software.  The colors are close, but garish.  The black and white is closer to the truth.

The painting as the computer translated the camera image.
It's a bit washed out.

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The painting translated to black and white.  The weight of
the values are more true to life when I used 'quick Fix."
When I used 'Quick Fix" on the color reproduction, the colors
went raw. I undid what that feature did.