A-to-Z blog challenge: Step F - choosing the masterpiece (part 2: the shortlist)

When you see the paintings that made the final round of judging, and the winners of 2023, you will notice that they are all portraits, or figure paintings. So I thought that maybe I should do that. Problem is that I don't like painting people. This will also make it more difficult to find a painting of the old masters to use, because they don't speak to me.

But...then I found a few. Which surprised me, I have to say. So which one to choose? Which artist, style or period? Like many things with options, it seemed a good idea to make a list.

Strelitzia - coloured pencil
in my sketchbook

    Making a list of paintings, didn't seem right since I needed a visual list, not a written one. I went online and found images of the list of paintings that appealed to me, all styles, all themes, all subjects. I parked them next to each other on my second screen (which is larger than my laptop's) and stared at them.

     Did it help? Stick around to find out how I ended up choosing the painting.

    Until Monday!

🇿🇦💜 Linzé