Trying to get back into painting again after a month off. I think I've said that before. And I don't really have any specific thing that I want to paint, so on a whim I decided to paint a face. I've seen lots of portraits that look absolutely fantastic, and then I look at mine and they usually, well.... don't look fantastic. The best luck I've had with faces is many really light, transparent layers. Usually, I don't have the patience for that kind of nonsense.
For me it seems like I put on a few light layers, here, a little there..... then.... BAMMO!! Whoops, too thick, or too heavy, or too opaque. Then I've got a painting that looks like a 3rd grader did it. Hmmm. well, what to do? Maybe with a little work, and a lot of luck, I can conquer that whole, glob the paint on thing.
With this painting, I've got lots of layers on it. Really thin! I put on some, then take some off, then put some on, then try to make the gradient go to nothing. Then repeat. Even having done this, I've made some major mistakes, but thats ok. I don't pretend to be perfect, and I certainly don't pretend that my paintings are.
I've forsaken the brush on this picture in lieu of watercolor pencil on several places on this painting. I'm sure you will be able to pick the places out quite easily. Again, that's ok. This is a WIP (Work In Progress). I don't know if the watercolor pencil will still be visible when I am totally finished or not. If they are, good, if they aren't, that's good too.
Well, I haver too much sometimes. Err, well, maybe I don't. Maybe you all want to hear about this. No, definitely havering. With that..... I'm out.
I really just started with slapping some paint on, trying to block in some color, Then I remember that I stink at painting hair, and thought I should try somehow to make the hair more realistic that in paintings past. I can't tell you how many strokes I have in the hair on these two. And I'm no where near done!! 