Thank you, Magnolia Photo Booth and Patchwork Show! Me n Craig ♥
A great post on the legendary (if not slightly lecherous) Gil Elvgren with the photos he took for reference side-by-side with his paintings: www.underpaintings.blogspot.com/2009/12/defining-beauty-gil-elvgren.html
More comparisions: www.ufunk.net/en/insolite/les-pin-up-classiques-et-les-filles-modeles/
1st image: “The Right Touch,” 1958. I love that she’s seated on a drawing horse!
2nd: Model and “The Right Touch”
3rd: Janet Rae models for “Inside Story (Overexposure),” 1959. I dig that she’s seated on a drawing horse while posing but not in the painting!
4th: Janet Rae models for “Taking a Chance (No Bikini A toll),” 1962.







