sketches of lilia

currently untitled (lilia), 75 cm x 108 cm, oil on canvas

This is the first painting of a few (to complete the origami series) using a new model (who's really wonderful).

Thought I would mention in passing that this painting was a lesson in mixing colors to match caucasian skin tones. All of the shades share a common base except for the rough green origami and the slip she wears. In fact, the slip was out-of-the-bottle "flesh tone" which is more of a plastic barbie tone (flat ruddy brown) than human.