Marvelous portrait. Working from a mirror is so much better than from a photo— its the real thing. (But it sure doesn't look like you're 40! 29, maybe—)
Wonderful ! I tried to do a self portrait once - in pastel - but found that as I was going through the day - the light would change in the little mirror I was using - it was hard to get consistency hehe -- you did a great job !
Thanks Sycra, as you can see I struggled a lot with drawing: from a mirror one cannot measure, also while observing a feature you don't realize you are actually moving away from the original position.
I know exactly what you mean. I think painting self portraits has got to be the hardest thing to do. Dunno how guys like Rembrandt and Valesquez did it.
Marvelous portrait. Working from a mirror is so much better than from a photo— its the real thing. (But it sure doesn't look like you're 40! 29, maybe—)
SamDayWeddingPainter 2 years ago
Thx Sam, 41 now alas, I should now paint an update
ilardt 2 years ago
Wonderful ! I tried to do a self portrait once - in pastel - but found that as I was going through the day - the light would change in the little mirror I was using - it was hard to get consistency hehe -- you did a great job !
Luciebcreativity 3 years ago
Thanks Lucieb, it was very challenging and I think my stern look tells how hard I was finding it !
ilardt 3 years ago
Those are not "guys": they were aliens :-)
ilardt 3 years ago
Awesome work. It turned out great.
Sycra 3 years ago
Thanks Sycra, as you can see I struggled a lot with drawing: from a mirror one cannot measure, also while observing a feature you don't realize you are actually moving away from the original position.
ilardt 3 years ago