Friday, 10 December 2021

Alf's Portrait - progress

 




I'm finding this portrait very hard; possibly because I'm keen to capture Alf in the finished product. Today I added some more colour and contour lines and, again, stopped before I'd done too much.

Looking at the photo (left) I see that I need to make the outline of the ear stand out more to emphasise the shape over the eyes.











It's ok at the moment. I have to sort out the nose and shoulders before it can be called complete. I'm not sure whether to add a background or not.

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