Recently I have done a few portrait sketches in the notebooks, and some of these have been self portraits, trying to work from life in order to hone the ability to get a likeness. They weren't meant to be great paintings, and in fact I left them with plenty of defects and avoided the temptation to work them longer than the initial rushed hour. I want to return to the subject with more careful approach soon, but for now, I am exploring different ways of finding the best way for me to get the proportions down quickly.
This one was done with ink pen and colored markers, and I found it interesting. I may continue to work with this method on other subjects.
Above is the lay-in with raw umber, and below I continued to add a little color to flesh it out.
And finally, a small landscape sketch in order to prepare for the coming plein air outings that are just around the corner.
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