Portrait of Ivan

 After a class with Jerney Marisha as part of PYHaS 2020, starting with a charcoal underdrawing, adding a wash of colour and then building up layers of paint. I went with gouache instead of acrylic paints and finished with coloured pencils. 

It was a bit of a battle, the likeness came and went many times and one eye was stubbornly wonky for a while, but in the end I was happy with it. 

Still wonder if the original quick charcoal sketch was better though ...



Learning so much from all the amazing artists on PYHaS 2020 - I've signed up for 2021 AND for Wanderlust 2021 ... well, now I'm retired I have all this time to play :o)

Comments

Wow, that is really good, Annie! You're getting so good at this - I gave up on faces a while ago because I realised that I'd reached my potential, LOL, and there was no point trying to improve!
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