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This is an element that is often a struggle and often unconsidered when doing simple portrait sketches, as so much interest naturally goes to the face. Once I got in some rough relationships into my picture plane, THEN I measured to check how everything related. In measuring, I found that his torso was much shorter than I had indicated, so that helped me adjust his head size, shoulder width, and torso to the correct proportions with each other and to the helm (wheel). I am using raw umber and Gomsol to thin and adjust the paint shapes. My focus is on creating large shapes that are proportionally accurate to one another. Giving attention to the WHOLE picture plane without emphasis on any singular thing. This helps me get a general sense of composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0c69ab1a623268953ca0/8d669908-c1dc-443e-a035-d37dc11d177c/IMG_5899.jpeg 2 Session Demo Overview - Make it stand out ^ Stage 2: Next 30 minutes of work. Refinement of the large shapes is the emphasis here. All of this depends on strong drawing skills. After making some comparative measurements between different heights and widths, I decided that the shapes were close enough to begin refining more. Notice that the torso is now shorter and there is still no features to the face. I have added in a bit more value range to show the darkest areas in contrast with mid-value ones. I had some surface issues (with my dry under layer coming off). This is most evident in the halo (drawing corrections) and the awkward fingers of the lower hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0c69ab1a623268953ca0/796bc152-176d-455d-b976-66d0fce2a227/IMG_5900+2.jpeg 2 Session Demo Overview - Make it stand out ^ Stage 3: ~20 minutes of work Now that the “big picture” felt good, I could spend some time putting in the features of Gary’s face. I added in thinned down paint to map them out, and used q-tips to pull out the paint in the lightest areas. I did not express the eyes too much, as they were in shadow and out of focus in terms of the larger visual effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0c69ab1a623268953ca0/9def2eef-4bf5-4083-8dd1-01577a513182/IMG_5901.jpeg 2 Session Demo Overview - Make it stand out ^ Stage 4: Final 60 minutes Now I can work my way back through everything, spending time in each area to refine it more. I darkened the darkest areas, and added in some white paint to bring out lighter areas. Since I will spend the next session working in color, my goal here is to provide the clearest sense of relationships that I can rely on in the second session. The wheel still needed some work, but I planned on repainting that in between our sessions. I improved the lower hand by re-focusing on the larger planar relationships. The upper hand got shadow indications along the fingers but remained simplified and connected with light through the upper parts closer to the knuckles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0c69ab1a623268953ca0/75fc0bec-6c1e-4e30-b639-e20aa2a9d15e/IMG_5968.jpeg 2 Session Demo Overview - Make it stand out ^ Session 2 full color painting. Notice how I kept to my underdrawing for most of it! In this image the color painting of Gary is dry, and I have returned to finish the wheel (from life). Unfortunately I did not get any in between stages for this round. However I can offer my recurring mantra: 1. Mix up a few general colors to start with, from observation, so you have some paint to work with on your palette. 2. PUT THE SHADOWS IN FIRST!!! THINLY!!! SIMPLY!!! Without getting all carried away with various beautiful tones, colors, and reflected lights you can see within them. You can always add them later. Now is not the time! 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