My Mona Lisa...

Hi guys!

Okay, so today, I will talk about my first painting I made in South Africa, Cape Town , I call it "My Mona Lisa". 

We basically just arrived, and rented a furnished flat for the beginning, so I didn't have all my material and tools with me,  so decided to go for a smaller canvas, and maybe work on a woman's portrait, I wanted to get the african feel of course but without losing my style (did I have a style at that point? not sure!!! So maybe, I should say: without losing "myself" or something like this!!!). 

Made a few sketches first but could not come up with THE face... until I did :-)

In the search of THE face...

I actually had this postcard to help me, it's a photo by Peter Maltbie, I loved the "The queen" feel" in it, I wanted something like this in my painting, 

The pic is actually featuring The Cast gold "beads" of the Baule of Ivory which you can see at the Gold of Africa Museum, in Cape Town.

The choice of colors came to me after we went to visit the Gold of Africa Museum of Cape Town, amazing museum, you can check their website for more info and pics, http://www.goldofafrica.com/.

the Gold of Africa Museum

They have their own restaurant, GOLD, with a wicked atmosphere and delicious food! A must do! See their review on the EatOut website, http://www.eatout.co.za/restaurants/5220/gold%C2%A0restaurant.

Where was I again? oh yeah, the colors.... I work with what I saw at the museum and this postcard below...

it's a picture of Craig Fraser, and it's from a book: Mud Chic, lifestyle and inspiration from the xhosa people of the Eastern Cape.

And there...

"My Mona Lisa", 2008

Miss Drey.

Hi guys!

Okay, so today, I will talk about my first painting I made in South Africa, Cape Town , I call it "My Mona Lisa". 

We basically just arrived, and rented a furnished flat for the beginning, so I didn't have all my material and tools with me,  so decided to go for a smaller canvas, and maybe work on a woman's portrait, I wanted to get the african feel of course but without losing my style (did I have a style at that point? not sure!!! So maybe, I should say: without losing "myself" or something like this!!!). 

Made a few sketches first but could not come up with THE face... until I did :-)

In the search of THE face...

I actually had this postcard to help me, it's a photo by Peter Maltbie, I loved the "The queen" feel" in it, I wanted something like this in my painting, 

The pic is actually featuring The Cast gold "beads" of the Baule of Ivory which you can see at the Gold of Africa Museum, in Cape Town.

The choice of colors came to me after we went to visit the Gold of Africa Museum of Cape Town, amazing museum, you can check their website for more info and pics, http://www.goldofafrica.com/.

the Gold of Africa Museum

They have their own restaurant, GOLD, with a wicked atmosphere and delicious food! A must do! See their review on the EatOut website, http://www.eatout.co.za/restaurants/5220/gold%C2%A0restaurant.

Where was I again? oh yeah, the colors.... I work with what I saw at the museum and this postcard below...

it's a picture of Craig Fraser, and it's from a book: Mud Chic, lifestyle and inspiration from the xhosa people of the Eastern Cape.

And there...

"My Mona Lisa", 2008

Miss Drey.