A while back, I used the same reference photo to make a mess. I had wanted to just slap paint on a canvas and have fun. I came up with this:
The poor girl who was chosen for my happy mess, is actually quite beautiful. That is why I had her photo handy. Well, I finally got around to doing a real portrait. I started it many months ago, got the underpainting done, and moved on to other things. I recently pulled out that underpainting and finished it. I wish I had gotten a photo of the underpainting, but I didn’t. So, here is my feeble attempt at a relatively good portrait of this girl.
There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk. — Charles Dickens
exists to create art which reflects the beauty and the glory of God, to use art to comfort and encourage people, and to inspire others to pursue the arts. 