Red Head

Still not quite done with this but I suppose it is near enough.  All I have to do is throw on some king of mottled background and voila.

Faces seem to be really hard, and I don't know why.  Scratch that, I do know why.  We all know what faces should look like.  We all know where eyes go, and noses and mouths, ears, etc.  And we also know exactly how they should be positioned on the head.  We see faces every day, and so, if one object that makes up a face isn't quite right, it makes the whole face entirely wrong.  

Well, I got this afce probably as close as any other face I've painted.  I think I got a bit stripey with the dark in the hair, but I needed to do something to it.  With just strands of red, there wasn't enough depth to it.  the stripes really help bring it out.  Well, it is practice.

Quick Sketches of Statues

Here are two statues from my house.  The first is a painting of a copy of The Thinker by Rodin.  You will recognize the classic form of the man hunched over with his chin on his hand.  I tried to paint it quickly and loosely using only a couple of colors, but varying them enough so that you might distinguish the depth of the statue.  I hope I did it justice















This second painting is one of a woman wearing a necklace and headdress.  Again I tried to keep to a couple of colors only, but while still allowing you to see the shadows and depth of the painting.  At this point I will admit to not being the best at seeing shadows in what I paint.  I try, but sometimes seem to only paint where I think the shadows are.  This is somewhat a mix of seeing and feeling where the shadows are.  Looking back i should have added a little more shadow around the jewelry, and filled in her hollow eyes.

This painting was done on drawing paper instead of watercolor paper.  Thus the warping of the paper that you can see in the scan.

How you enjoy.