Frankly, it's an unappealing sounding life.
Except for the painting part.
And the wine, I guess.
I've been doing a lot more portrait work lately and this is my latest venture. I found the photo online and absolutely loved the colors on this guy's face. Dark skin has always been a challenge for me to paint in watercolor because so many of the brown pigments lift right off the paper if you paint over them again.
So for this one, I tried something new - no browns. This is painted entirely (so far) from 5 paints: 2 blues, 2 reds, and a yellow. I also wound up using a very small amount of white in his beard (for the fine hairs on his cheeks), something I rarely use.
There's still a lot more work do do on his face before I even get to the rest of it. His lips aren't finished and I suspect there will be more work to do on the reflections in the glasses.
I have no idea how many hours I've put into this one so far, but I suspect I'm due for a few hundred more before it's finished.
Please pass the wine.
As a ridiculous side note, I really enjoy the contrast between this and the sketch I did in my sketchbook last night.
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