New Painting!

I decided to do a little experiment... Something that I have never been fond of doing.  

What is that, you ask?

 It's doing artwork that includes homo sapiens... a.k.a.  people.

I've always shied away from doing any kind of artwork or portraits that include people because I never feel that my work is good enough.  People always seem way too complex and complicated, and as I've told you before, I hate failure. 

The other day, though, I decided it was time to man, er, woman up and begin conquering that fear. 

I decided on using a picture made by one of my friends here in Hawaii.  It was a photo of her two precious little girls on the beach, and I didn't think she would mind letting me use it since I was intending on giving it to her as a gift IF it turned out okay. 

Surprisingly, it didn't take me a super long time to do this piece.  It only took two days.  World record speed for Lindsay here...

Anyway, I know you're wanting to see it by now, so here it is.

Okay, so I still played it super safe by not showing faces (plus, the beauty of 

soft pastels is the "painterly" look with few details), but at least it's people!

 It may sound silly, but it has taken me quite a bit of courage to share this piece.  I constantly worry that "real" artists are going to think my work totally stinks, so it's hard to share it sometimes.  It's getting a little easier though.  

What do you guys think?

I'm looking into getting prints made of certain pieces for my shop.  Be on the lookout, and I'll let you know if it all works out.  :)