Work In-Progress

This is my current work in progress.  It is a watercolor portrait of my twin sister, sitting on a chair.
It's rather minimalistic, with the exception of the eyes and glasses, that is.  It took me a few hours to get this far on it.  But the really impressive part of this story is that I actually got my sister to sit still for that period of time.  Sure, she was watching television while I was painting, but still, the fact that she sat still is a small miracle.  You wouldn't know it by looking at this picture, but my sister has quite the personality.  And by that I mean that her personality is HUGE.  She's bubbly, talkative, hyper, dramatic, loquacious (I know I already said talkative, but I really like this word), funny, crazy, and mine.  She's the most amazing twin anyone could ask for, and so I decided to try to paint a portrait of her.  The painting doesn't do her justice, but it's all I'm capable of doing right now.

My Twin

My Twin

Sketched out with pencil

My twin, Rebecca, and I do not look alike.  My hair is whatever color I decide to dye it that month while hers is brown.  My eyes are blue and her eyes are, once again, brown.  My hair is shorter, hers is long.  But we do have a lot of things in common.  One of those things is that we both love to read.  This is a quick sketch I did of my sister based off of a picture I took.  What was she doing in the picture?  Reading.  This showed me that even the simplest of sketches can illustrate a person's image well.