March 2017

Final shot, maybe I'll work more on it later. Kinda ridiculous someone made a comment about how I should get a mat and a bigger frame before they commented on the work (I had shown it in a frame with no mat that I had laying around). Funny, when you don't ask for advice and there are rules not to give if not asked.

More graphite work. My role as artist sometimes takes on a teacher role. As I learn more about pencils, graphite and carbon, the more I like to share. I have been working on a sketch of Dame Helen Mirren using her character of Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect.

After blocking in the facial features and the tones I needed, I will start refining the features and hair. I usually work all over the subject rather than in parts as I go and it works out better for me that way. At first I did grid work in an effort to be more photo realistic, but I found that I actually would make mistakes that way, go figure, right? So back to the old way for me.