I did say that my 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge would be Faces, Figures, Farm and Floral! So I thought I better do one face! (Surprise...GUESS WHO??) This is a small sketch of someone close to me! In fact I did the value sketch below quite some time ago...
This sketch is about 3 or 4 values (darks and light) to help me simplify the portrait and NOT get caught into the details of nose, eyes, mouth, hair etc. Instead I think of masses of light and dark, warm and cool colours and position. I'm fairly happy with the coloured result, although I do have a LONG way to go before I call myself a portrait artist...I love painting loose and I spent about 4 hours on this small painting. there are still some places that need lots of work, but I'm going to stop here for now!
Below is just a "collage" of the four Crows Days 13-16..I like them and may make them into one complete painting. Or do more on a much larger scale! Defintely will expand on these...and I think my signature needs to move as well...bit distracting!
Below is just a "collage" of the four Crows Days 13-16..I like them and may make them into one complete painting. Or do more on a much larger scale! Defintely will expand on these...and I think my signature needs to move as well...bit distracting!