One of my favorite paintings, Flaming June, was painted by Sir Frederic Leighton in 1895. The painting currently resides in Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. I hope to be able to travel there to see it sometime.
Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton from Wikipedia free domain image
The model for the paintings body is unknown but it is believed that the model for the face was either Dorothy Dene or Mary Lloyd, two of Frederic Leighton’s favorite models during this time period. I found a photograph of Dorothy Dene on Wikipedia. It is no wonder she was one of his favorite models.
Photograph of Dorothy Dene free domain image from Wikipedia
Since I will need
to continue to embrace left handed painting for quite some time (as a result of
my right arm injury), I decided to take some artistic liberty and use Dorothy
Dene’s photo as the basis for this weeks
left handed painting.
Mixed Media Non dominant hand painting by Marla L. Niederer
I used Stabilo All pencils, water-soluble graphite pencils, watercolors, gouache, and a touch of Stabilo pastel pencils.
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warm hugs,
Marla
