The paintings by Alice Neel fascinate me. I found a documentary on Netflix done by her grandson.
It's a very personal review of her life, including old family films and interviews of her two sons, plus the children and relations of a daughter who was taken from her by the Cuban father. The Wikipedia article leaves out a lot of the psychological and economic elements surrounding Alice's life.
At one point I stopped the DVD to draw her and thought "she's so PINK!" This color choice is very accurate.
Colored pencil on 60# sketchbook paper.
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