{"id":20292,"date":"2025-09-16T00:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20292"},"modified":"2025-11-23T18:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:43:19","slug":"painting-backstories-nedah-ethnic-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20292","title":{"rendered":"Painting Backstories: Nedah; ethnic portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM.png 787w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM-768x967.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM-665x837.png 665w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM-19x24.png 19w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM-29x36.png 29w, https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-1.56.50-PM-38x48.png 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This portrait is a study of an African-American young lady, who posed online especially for artists. As such it is as if one paints from life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her name is Nedah and I loved her face as soon as I saw it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the smoothness of her skin, the orange glow of her hair and mouth, as well as the the brightness of her eyes that attracted me. I consider this painting, on a fairly small panel, a study. A study of skin tones of a young lady who was willing to pose under wonderful studio lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click in the list below to select and view more backstories of my artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wpb-accordion-menu-or-category-pro-wpb-wmca-shortcode-selector\">\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_category_n_menu_accordion wpb_accordion_free_version wpb_wmca_accordion_wrapper_theme_transparent wpb_wmca_keyboard_accessibility_no wpb_the_menu_accordion\" data-shortcode_id=\"20238\" data-accordion=\"true\" data-indicator_icon=\"+\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-backstories\" class=\"wpb_category_n_menu_accordion_list\"><li id=\"menu-item-20495\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-20495\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20229\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20229\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20217\">Back stories home page<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20318\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20318\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20256\">Painting Backstories: A hairy situation\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20332\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20322\">Painting Backstories: about lions\u2026. did you know?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20315\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20315\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20269\">Painting Backstories: About painting landscapes<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20304\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20296\">Painting Backstories: About sketching<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20232\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20232\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20212\">Painting Backstories: Barn window number 2 \u2013 Painting title: Help!<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20311\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20311\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20279\">Painting Backstories:  City Scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20316\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20316\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20267\">Painting Backstories: Fall ploughing<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20313\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20313\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20273\">Painting Backstories:  Feline frenzy!<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20310\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20310\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20284\">Painting Backstories:  Feline portrait gets the thumbs-up!<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20305\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20305\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20294\">Painting Backstories: Goldfinch with real feathers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20303\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20303\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20298\">Painting Backstories: How the old masters approached a portrait<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20237\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20237\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20201\">Painting Backstories: Humba the Lion<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20335\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20335\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20333\">Painting Backstories: My fascination with the wild konik horse<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20306\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20306\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamnow.today\/?page_id=20292\">Painting Backstories: Nedah; 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