Pop Goes the Artist!

This is the portrait of my boyfriend I was having such trouble with the other day. For whatever reason, things came together a bit after that rant, and against all odds, it actually looks like him. It’s not perfect–the skin tones need an adjustment and the chin is a little too rounded–but considering that my initial sketch resembled no one so much as former Bill Clinton, I’m satisfied. It’s not the first time I’ve painted James, although this effort was considerably less ambitious–only 9×12″ on canvas board. I did it for fun/practice and so I’ll have another portrait to put out in my upcoming display at the library. My next painting will tentatively be a similar portrait of my brother. I’m not sure.

For the moment, however, I’ve set aside my paintbrushes and picked up a pencil for the first time since I’ve been home for the summer. The other day I was fooling around with my camera taking pictures of myself and I came away with a few interesting shots. I uber-cropped one of them, blew it up a bit, and am now working on a 3.5×8″ drawing of my eyes. It’s going ok so far, but it’s a little intimidating, since it doesn’t have lines so much as it has areas of value, plus it’s a little larger than life-size. We’ll see how it turns out.

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