Salomé (the painting to be)

So I am beginning my first painting IA (Internal Assessment) for art class next week.I'm really excited about it.I've decided to blog about this as I've posted my 2nd cinquain,which is on the same theme.The painting is going to be a gypsy woman who I have named 'Salomé'.I intend on taking quite a dramatic approach with this piece-lots of movement,mysticism and texture.This painting is deeply personal to me as it is inspired by a woman I once knew as a child,Grace Schmidt(who I believe has had an impact on me,but I'd write about her at a later date),as well as my secret and growing obsession with gypsies.It's the first painting I get to be completely ME with and also the first painting I'm allowed the artistic licence to do as I please :)

Salomé is to be depicted nude in a sitting position on the floor and a tambourine resting between her thighs,with fabric draped in the background.The draped fabric is to take the form of a skirt..so basically it's a magnified view of a gympsy's skirt and her foot,while dancing...but the central focus is Salomé's actual nude body.

To ensure the success of this piece,I have literally fleshed out the character of Salomé in my head.I feel as though we have established some kind of intimate relationship and she is now a part of me.Maybe it's the little bit of ''gypsy's blood'' that courses through my veins,but I feel completely taken over by the idea of this painting...I can only imagine what the actual painting would do to me.

I have developed an interest in Sufi music;a type of music with Arabic origins.It just seems like an appropriate genre of music to listen to while painting this piece,it sounds like something a gypsy would dance to and it's very relaxing.I love it.

I'd post pics of the process of conceiving this painting and the eventual result :)

Blessings flow...

No,I did not draw this.I stole it from the inter webs and thought that it was appropriate for this entry ^_^