Tuesday, September 18, 2012

"Bob" at Goward House Portrait painters

Our sitter at Goward House Portrait painters today is Bob.
We hardly ever see our profiles, but for the portrait artist a side view is challenging and revealing.

Next I chose to sketch Bob in watercolour pencil - you simply use it as you would any other ordinary pencil except that you can brush water over it to get that fluid look:
Finally, in the forty-odd minutes I had left in today's session,  I chose acrylics and dashed off this 8x10 sketch:

I had fun with the colour choices. Your crit or observation will be helpful. Please use the POST COMMENT facility.

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