"Ophelia"

I have been working on a drawing for quite some time now. I started her a while back, originally she was done in sepia colored pen & ink until water became the end of her. I then had to transfer her to new paper, where she would now take on an all new feel. I decided as I was transferring her, that she would look lovely in color. Named after the character "Ophelia" in Shakespeare's Hamlet...she is floating in a lake (a close-up) with flowers floating amongst her golden locks. She is taking a while since I have stopped, started, lost time & then started once more (the story of my artistic life). And because she is in coloring pencil, the detail takes a while to gently add color to create the feel I am looking for. I feel as though I am working in slow motion, but I would rather not rush her, as I know rushing an art piece ends disastrously, as I have found in other rushed pieces for art shows.

The past few days, I am working solely on her...since I finished my little Angel girl in my last art blog. I was tempted yesterday to pick-up another work in progress to step away from her for a while, but then knew I would probably not pick her up again for days. (I know me!) So I will diligently continue on in hopes of finishing her before the weekend or at least, by the end of the weekend.

I will not be happy until I am done! So, I am off now to work on her once more.

There are so very many versions of Ophelia out there by artists everywhere...hoping mine will be just as nice.

I will post images as soon as she is complete.