The practice head, in the lying down position. That one was a brain teaser. I had to just look at it like mountains.

Underpainting stage

photo

He feels surly

I worked on it just at my Saturday class. So 3 hours a week, probably 6 weeks total

The pic I was using

Mostly underpainting

I had trouble with the eyes early on

Earlier step

Oil painting. I added the other pics I meant to post original. I was out waiting for an event to start, and thought I had time to post them all before it started but didn’t

Yeah, I take classes at a local art studio. They make most of their money from kids classes. But the guy who owns the studio is an amazing painter, in the style of the masters.

Early stage where the orange underpainting still shows.

This is oil painting. I started it about a year ago. This was I think my third completed painting.

Photo of the setup I used

The charcoal powder massing in the shapes

before the pastel