This painting is my first attempt to paint a human head. I painted her from a reference photo, a young English woman posing in the cold light of Wales. She has an odd look in her eyes, not really looking inside her cup but rather looking inside her head.
She isn't finished but she is at the stage of "the best I can do at this point". Soon I will take her to Edward Povey's studio and he will coach me through applying a series of glazes to bring her more "in tune". The 3-D modeling and colors on her skin aren't right yet and I am hoping that they can be improved with glazing. Her eyes need to be set back into her head a bit too. So stay tuned and consider this the BEFORE shot.
I have to admit that I was pretty terrified to try to paint a person. With that in mind, I am now feeling much more confident and am pleased with my first try. I'm anxious to get her glazed so I can try another.
No comments:
Post a Comment