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Melody's Dance

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This is a Christmas present for my youngest sister, Melody! I hope she likes it, because this is the most work that I've ever put into a painting--just the sketch took five hours because of all of the little fiddly details. All watercolor, except for the embossing, on extra smooth bristol board, 25 or so hours of painting. The scan crops of about an inch on each side, so some of the background is missing, but you get the idea.

The background (which was a PAIN to sketch and paint) is from BlissStock's fabulous pictures of Coventry Cathedral [link] which is a really cool place, I love it. The stars are silver embossing powder, so they're shiny! Charis loves shiny things.

My reference for the handsome couple was Lockstock [link] and Cobwebstock [link] from their Lovers collab here [link] They're both really excellent stock artists, and I humbly worship at their feet and offer them gift baskets and stuff, or would if I had gift baskets....

Anyway. Happy Christmas, Melody!
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It's been four years since you gave me this picture, I still adore it. It's been on my wall the whole time. I think it is super awesome. It's coming with me to the dorm because I can't leave it behind. It is very special to me and I think it's beautiful and you're beautiful and I love you.