Fashionable Sketches

My mom loves to rip things out of magazines and send them to me as "ideas" for art that she wants me to make for her. So this past May for Mother's Day she sent me a fashion illustration from the 1940's that had been featured in one of her favorite fashion magazines. I decided to copy the sketch, which was little more than the silhouette of a woman holding a handkerchief, using water color instead of ink. Having made my first attempt at capturing the silhouette I decided it needed a little more excitement near the top and added the swoop of a hat brim. I think it turned out quite nicely! Since then I've been playing with the motif, changing the colors, hairstyles, and jewelry of the model.

Mother's day present, my first attempt.

Trying out a different style of hat.

Now with blond curls!

A different silhouette.

Featuring the Fiesta necklace made by my friend Hiedi Brueggeman for her jewelry line called Sugar: http://www.shopsugar.com/