She steps out from the paper!

                                               I open a box

                                            From grandpa's attic

                                               What's inside?

                                        Paint your perfect partner 

                                             Make her come to life.

                                            Make your love come true.

Sketching her beauty I try

My hand, the pencil

I touch her soft,

Body, my paper.

Her lines appear.

Painting shadows on flesh

Light and shade

The shadow's cool 

Upon her breasts.

Warm flesh tones, cool shadows

I push the colour

To make her warmer.

Lights should be warm

Shadows cool;

Balance harmony with play,

Working colours together as one.

My composition I view.

My palette of colours

Flesh tone mixtures:

Titanium white,

Cadmium yellows,

Cadmium reds.

I paint her

With strokes bold and fine:

Soft are the stokes of flowing hair

Bold are the strokes of body and heart.

The freedom, my brush

I paint my love

I see her shape

I feel her soul

Through my brush

She appears.

I've created my Woman

From love I'm connected

My hands, my brush.. I feel.

I stand back ..............I look

She steps out from the paper......

Reviews

[....................]

Certainly one that will NOT get away if she's hanging on your wall, Andrew. I love the image of painting her through your brush and watching her walk off the wage... well done, Porthos!

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you my fellow poeticteer!!! lol

[~]

She seems to be a darling lady. did she run away? or is she still there? wait a minute... not in the ATTIC!!! :D

[andrew mitchell]

framed on the wall! Thank you skittles!:)

[andrew mitchell]

with the other hundred drawings The attic!!

[~]

lol :D:D only you!

[alf]

Hi Andrew. Loved this . . . as you painted your dream . . . and made it reality!!! It's so true that a person is made up of layers of colours. inside, out, thought and mind. Love that you looked for the balance to make your picture worthy of stepping from the page. Now you just have to find that image!! loved the poem and its concept!!! alf

[Valentine]

If only life were that simple. If looks are all that matter, Poor you. What is inside of the heart and mind are what is important. How do we paint what is on the inside of another person? Thought provoking write. Valentine

[andrew mitchell]

5th stanza covered heart and soul and its the love and heart you put back into the painting!!! lol Thanks Valentine

[andrew mitchell]

Its not as shallow as it seems as their is depth in a painting and a artist paints with love ,Its not all what you see on the surface !!!! Love is in the painting!!