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| 1st quick sketch |
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| More depth |
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| Loose washes, eyes and glasses masked |
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| Crawling along |
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| Still crawling along |
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Mask removed, start eyes
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I finished the sketch about a week ago, put it on Arches 140 lb. CP, and started painting. If left to my own devices, I paint very slowly, using thin glazes; most of the time I get where I want to be but .... SLOWLY. I have just lately trained myself to always use the largest possible brush. So I am really looking forward to a portrait class offered by Lalita Hamill of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She is an absolutely delightful young woman, and a great artist. I took one of her classes years ago.
There are a few things I am hoping to gain from the course. I would dearly love to create much more emotional depth in my painting. I would like to paint faster, and looser at times, be less tentative. And I would like to improve my compositional skills. I'm sure there's more, but those are the big ones.
So I will leave you all for now, and probably post late Monday, after the class. I thank you for dropping by.
Nice sketch! "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
ReplyDeleteYou have a real gift for portraiture; this piece is very nice already, and I am looking forward to seeing it in future. Your comments are very timely for me, as I paint very slowly and have worked lately on creating a small piece more quickly. It's been fun, but I also want to listen to the advice of my painting mentor, who tells me to just work in my own way at my own pace and to enjoy the process.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to have found your lovely blog (via a comment you made on Robin Roberts' blog) and enjoyed browsing a number of recent entries. Thank you for taking us along on your journey and describing your creative process--fascinating!
This is coming along very nicely. I loved the pencil sketch a lot..
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