Metropolis, evil Maria

Great classic movie that inspired countless copies of style and a few remakes.
This is a silent movie and Brigitte Helm accomplishes with one look a volume of words. Wink.

Metropolis, evil Maria, oil painting on canvas 5x7 inches

The automaton or Maschinenmensch will be finished for Sunday posting

Metropolis is a 1927 , directed by  Fritz Lang,
Maria is played by Brigitte Helm
for more info on film go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)

Floridian mermaid

Stretch!
How about a character creation? I am thinking a Floridian mermaid.  I picked warm blues, if there is such a color for hair and eyes, then of course a tan, she is in Florida. Native shells, strings of pearls, she is looking up from the depths. dot.dot.dot....dot

Floridian mermaid oil painting, 5x7 inches

Winter Queen oil painting

Winter Queen

Just wanted to play and explore a different palette.
White, black, blue and yellow.
What stared off as a challenge on DPW, ended up being 3 paintings. I just kept on adding colors to the limited palette above.

Winter Queen oil painting, oil on canvas panel, 5 x 7 inches

Thought process with Winter Queen: I wanted to do a mermaid series while keeping the paintings realistic. So I came up with an eye sketch which had potential. I was considering a green skin tone, then thinking back to the challenge, limited palette and something I have not done before, another challenge. As the painting developed in shades of cold blue, I liked the idea of just plain cold blue shade for the face. However the blues are so vibrant that just having blue eyes, would not make any impact. So I mixed blue and yellow and got this pretty teal, green shades. Then it stuck me, if winter had a face this would be it. Very cold (face) but with a promise of spring (green eyes). Then I added the snowy drift white hair and a twinkle of a snowflake.

I have 2 more paintings drying, to be posted very soon.