Light values

Here's where I continued from the grid drawings in previous weeks. Think I went a little too light on the average of the skin in comparison but as I've continued on, I darkened the mix slightly. Let me know what you think

The harsh edge on the cheek is so tempting to blend out but I'm sticking rigidly to the instruction (which is usually hard for me). Even though it's late, I'm going to watch the next lesson to see if the 2nd layer needs to be done while the 1st layer is still wet.

Overall, I think its okay. Im not sure about the shadow shape of his cheek down to his chin. Should i make it less simple or is it good enough to move forward?

Ththink this looked awful but I trusted the process and it worked out I think

average light values added to the head.

Okay to proceed with half tones?

Ethan with the average light added; beginning ear correction. Some of my mixed oils have formed a slight skin even though they are in capped containers similar to yours...one disadvantage I guess of totally premixed colors used over extended time (have grandchildren and xmas duties keeping me from my class).

Not sure why my comments are showing up 4 times?

Thank you for creating these videos. It is great review for me. I love your relaxed approach. I believe in lifetime learning. I’m glad to see you work with black. I have recently been working with black, after many years of not using it in flesh tones. I am watching the videos all the way through then will go back and work on the exercises. ‘thank you for sharing your mastery. I am living it.😍

Looking forward to working on the edges. Paint by number is more fun than I would have guessed though.

Yesterday I went ahead and moved to the next phase but only to realize 2 issues: 1. My middle light was too light and 2. Some of the drawing was annoyingly off (eyes, nose, lips and side contour of the face). I could have moved on and tried to fix that on the go but this is not a race and I want this learning experience to result in the best possible painting I can produce with my current abilities. So I decided to take a step back, fix the drawing issues as much as I could and cover the whole light area with what I started to use for my half tones. I think this already looks better :-)

Great course so far. I used a proportion divider for the drawing. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Not an easy task to handle the wet paint. I’m a bit worried about the next phases as things could go very messy quite fast. It’s amazing how Morgan manages to layer the paint stroke after stroke with such confidence and an awesome result.

Andy Warhol’ish 🙂