It’s been a few weeks since I worked on Mel’s portrait. A disconnect between me and my original idea happens in these gaps of time and knowing this, I kept the painting in my mind as much as possible yesterday. Can’t say that really helped but it did cause some angst! You know the usual, how am I going to do ‘that’? ‘That’ being, the eyes, the cheeks, the hair etc. etc.!!! So in my fashion I just start squeezing out paint and make a mess on my palette and start with the eyes. When I can get the subject looking straight at me, that sets the stage for the play that follows. About 7 hours later there is a lot done, but it’s far from complete. His flesh areas are well developed but there’s clothing and the space around still in the toned stage.
Here’s how ‘he’ looks today and below, where I started from this morning.
More later…
