Expressions in Monochrome Painting

My big sister Ellen is exploring the different styles and movements in art. Here she is developing her technique as a Monochromatic artist. The exploration of one color, the examination of values changing across a surface, the expressivity of texture and nuance, expressing a wide variety of emotions, intentions and meanings - is all captured here in this one Dora picture. Her friend, Cameryn, started coloring the hair (brown) and the flower on Dora's belt (yellow) but Ellen soon took it over - to make it her own. It is after all her coloring book. It took her almost 3 hours to complete with a red marker. (this time does include a lunch break and a bath break) Maybe someday we'll have an artist in the family.