PORTRAITS

And here are some of the watercolour portraits, some in monotone, and some with a little more colour. I have put the emphasis on tone so that you don't worry about getting flesh tones at the expense of good drawing and tonal values. We recognise people by the way light falls on their features, not by how many pores they have on their skin or by how many eyebrow hairs they have!
( I've said this once or twice this last few weeks!)

getting the proportions right is tricky, but certainly getting better and better, and so what I notice now, when I come in and see work on the wall is that the fullness and volume of the head is still not always as bulky as it should be, so thats something to watch....

and here are paintings in pastel and oil pastel of someone who very kindly volunteered to come and sit for the Monday afternoon portrait group.....she sat and knitted, and wasn't as cross as she looks here, its just that when someone sits and works they tend to have a settled look on their face, they don't have a permanent smile! So its quite interesting to see the difference between the look of the watercolours above, which are all done from photos (they aren't Cawston residents) and these outstanding  portraits done from life...