This is my attempt at painting photorealistically in Photoshop... or, well, I fully intended this to be a quicker, sketchier image, but it decided it wanted to be photorealistic. Who was I to argue?
(8 hours of furious painting later.....)
This isn't an image of my own grandmother, but rather, just a grandmother, with a sadness in her eyes that I find so typical of Russian older women, women who have seen so much in such a troubled country. I've never drawn elderly people before, figuring out how to paint the wrinkles and little age marks on her skin was really interesting. I was reminded of being a child, and curiously comparing my own grandmother's skin and traces of age on her face, to my young skin.
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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She's very happy and young for her 76 age!
but anyway... you did a greath job!