Katie was Cindy's first friend in Jacksonville and has been her best friend all the way through. We have eaten dinners with them on a regular basis. They are good people.
I captured Glen almost exactly in his portrait. It took me less than 30 minutes of sketching before I was ready to start painting him. Katie was somewhat more difficult and is still off, but I wasn't able to figure out how to correct it. Ah, well, some you win, some you don't.
You're certainly moving right along with this! Couple of quick suggestions from me--try using a darker version of her skin color to make the shadows in her face instead of the gray tones. It'll give a softer, more feminine look to her skin. I don't know what colors you have but maybe a burnt sienna lightened with some of the flesh tone would work. For him, I would add some variations to the color of his hair. Even black hair reflects some light.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the compliments and comments. I would work them over, but, unfortunately, I gave these to Katie and Glen as "parting gifts". They are what they are.
ReplyDeleteI try to learn something new with every one. What I find astounding, especially in sketches, is that a very small change can make a huge difference in the way the whole picture looks.
Yup! Are you sketching with pencil? or with paint?
ReplyDeleteI sketched these in pencil. Erased and redrew until I had them close enough to start painting. I have started a picture of some flowers. I painted the entire board with the background color and then sketched in the shapes with a yellow ocher. Came out quite decent. I'm not doing grids anymore. If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it right.
ReplyDeleteI keep looking at Katie. I think her head needs to be just a little longer. Ah, well.
ReplyDelete"Right" is the system that works best for you. I'd suggest trying to sketch with a small round brush and some paint thinned with quite a bit of turpentine. Then look for the dark shapes and put them in and then the light shapes. It's a bit hard to learn to do it that way but if you can muddle through the first few, you'll see rapid growth.
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