Miniatures and More
So last week I headed out to the Huntington Library and Gardens for this portrait paper I needed to write and found these really neet little miniature portraits. I need to go back to spend more time ambulating around the gardens (it was astonishingly cold when I went and I wasn’t dressed for it), but I was more than satisfied by the exhibits.
Most of these are watercolor on vellum and they have a really transparent, ethereal glow to them. I realize they were probably painted from life, and are striving for a certain verisimilitude, however, certain characteristics, such as downward sloping, underdeveloped shoulders, seem to have been in vogue.
The weekend was a busy one, split between the Open Studios, both Opening Receptions, and my bday! Here are some photos:
