ACRYLIC ON CLAYBORD • 10″ x 8″
Not for sale • prints available; email julie@juliemeridian.com to buy prints ⇢
The Statement series is mostly individuals, but this lovely pose was too good to pass up. This photo is from Hannah & Amanda’s commitment ceremony and was either taken by me or Alan. Only the metadata knows for sure!
This was shot outside in the sun which was a cheery change from the indoor lighting of previous images. I think I was still in indoor-lighting mode, and realized partway through that it was a little too cold and blue-ish. I ended up doing a sweep of warmer colors to fix it. It was also a group shot originally. I blurred out the background as I painted but opted to keep some of the tone changes for variety, in particular to highlight the hand around the waist.
Sometimes I can’t tell whether I’m done unless I let a painting sit around for a bit. On this one, I decided that I had wrapped it up a bit too early. After looking at it for a few days, I ended up coming back to the black/blue details on Hannah’s dress this morning to touch it up. Glad I did!
![Sketch](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/0_sketch.jpg)
![Yellow ochre](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1_yellowochre.jpg)
![Burnt sienna](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2_burntsienna.jpg)
![Burnt umber](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/3_burntumber.jpg)
![Ultramarine blue](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/4_ultramarine.jpg)
![Skin tones](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/5_skintones.jpg)
![Lightening up](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/6_lighten.jpg)
![Flower detail](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/7_flowers.jpg)
![Leis](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/9_leis.jpg)
![More flowers](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10_flowers.jpg)
![Lighting adjustments](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/11_lighting.jpg)
![Final details](https://juliemeridian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/12_details.jpg)
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