Canvas #7: 30 Canvases in 30 Days

As much as I love to paint historical figures and characters from pop culture, I felt compelled to do one girl who lives only in my imagination.  So!  I did a sweet little circus girl with flapper hair and a very stumpy chin.  Stumpy chins make me melt like a Snickers in a hot car!

Here was my start: a red base with a purple flower stencil and streaks of lilac and goldenrod:

Once that dried, I got very pouncy with a dark green, which looks well nigh black against the red:

After adding touches of white, I was ready to gesso!

I was really very much in love with her at this point, which made me nerrrrrrrvous about painting on the mouth.  So I didn't!  I used a gel pen and drew it on!  When I didn't like quite where I put it, I quickly wiped it away and redrew it!  I'm going to have to use this technique again!