Study of a Redhead 12x16 pastel, copyright 2011
Wow, portraits are hard! This one started out as a portrait of my daughter, based on a sketch done during Life Drawing last week. After hours and hours of working, erasing, and reworking, I finally gave up trying to make it look like her. The only thing I kept was the hair. I wonder if it's easier to do a portrait of someone you don't know as well.
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I'm not much of a portraitist myself, and have no tips. There is a nice roundness and believability to the head...
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could get her to sit for you? Then you might see how to fix it?