ART EXPLOSION WEEK 31: Theme TIME

Hello, Steem! I decided to take part in one interesting contest. The theme of the contest is "Time". Сreating a picture, I was based on the expression of the famous ancient Roman poet Virgil Maron Publius: "Omnia fert aetas", which means "Time takes all".
And this is true, even beauty and life turn into ashes like a sand from an hourglass. Everything comes to an end.

For drawing I used high-quality paper (100% cotton) and oil paints. Paper size is A6. This is the result of my drawing.

So, a few steps of the drawing.
Drew the contours with pencil.

Painted with blue colour background around the hourglass. The first layer is very important, because the oil should absorb well into the paper. I made a small color gradient from dark to light.

Then painted the hourglass: beige color on the wooden stand and blue color on the glass.

Now the turn of the girl as a symbol of beauty and life in this picture. Painted her face, hands and dress. Then painted sand with sand color.

Blotted out the blue background in the picture, added more shadows, drew small details.

Added more highlights to the glass of the hourglass, painted the wood texture on the stand.

Photographed in daylight.

Process.

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