Painting Sina

Painting Sina

Sina - Drums

I first came across Sina on the internet. I was feeling low after
a series of events brought me right down to rock bottom. I was
trying to pick myself up by playing my favourite groups, when I
saw, ' Firth Of Fifth (Genesis); drum cover by Sina '. Who is
this Sina, I grimaced. How can she tread the holy ground of
Phil Collins. I had to watch her and was blown away; first by
her respect for the music of Genesis and second, by her
sheer talent. I knew I had to paint this phenomenon.

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I watched more of her many videos, absorbing visual
elements of each, until the 'Sina - Drums' image appeared in
my mind. There was now a burning, exciting urge to get this down
on canvas. There are two problems. One, the image is partial, with
lots of swirling mist and stars in it. Where has that come from?
Two, is it the right image to encapsulate and do justice to Sina?

Two other images were in my mind, contending for fame. One
from 'Voggy' and one from 'Here I Go Again'. Both of these
videos are beautiful and are works of art in their own right.
More on them later. The urge was now trebled. What do
I do. Which one should I paint. After a cup of tea and a
broken biscuit, I decided to paint Sina with her drums.

I only had a 300 mm x 240 mm canvas, which was a
bit small to do detail but beggars can't be choosy. It certainly
ruled out the 'Here I Go Again' painting option, which would
need a larger canvas to capture the facial detail. I was now
more focused. It had to be Sina with her drums.

Painting 'Sina - Drums', took about 30 sessions over
40 days, even one on Christmas day. An average session
time of 2.5 hours. At the end of each session, I snapped a
photo, with my Lumia Windows phone. I would then review
the photo, to figure out how to proceed. These photos are
sacred, showing how the composition developed, with Sina
in different action positions, swirling mists and stars. If you
are intrigued to see them, please go to the next part.

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