Vintage teenage pastoral love in its idyllic form

This painting, finished in December, 2012, very whole-heartedly tries to depict the teenage pastoral love in its idyllic form that existed during the Victorian era (1837-1901) or before. Those were some grand old, glittering pastoral days when in the name of love the young hearts used to flutter like the wings of a flying butterfly.
A delicately pretty maiden in red and a gleaming young lad with a cap on, both in their teens, could be seen in this painting, rushing towards home after a brief meeting, with an apprehensive mind that may their love affair forever remain a secret.
This form of love still exists and hearts still flutter I suppose, but have changed its colour in many a ways, mainly because of social and economic changes and a gradually increasingly materialistic attitude towards love and life.

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Reading the book

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Line art - An example

This is an example of line art. This shows how a figure can be drawn with very simple lines. Please note each and every line, from the largest to the smallest. Each and every line has a very distinct role to play in the entire drawing. This forms the basis of constructing a figure. Once the form is created, depths can be created by marking areas with darker and lighter shades, using colour. The whole picture can be kept in monochrome also. This provides a good example for students of art, who are learning figure drawing.

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