Facebook Gets Drawn

I decided I've improved enough to start trying to paint people I know - best place for ref photos is of course facebook - heh. So, I'll be going down my friends list trying to pick out at least 1 good quality (high res, natural lighting, not dragged through filter-hell...) and interesting photo.

First up is the wife. Scoured her photos and saved maybe 5 that could be good - and didn't get vetoed while she was looking over my shoulder... Ultimately, I decided on one of the two of us from a photo shoot a couple years ago with her friend from CCAD, Ashleigh Saylor - who also was the photographer for my sister's wedding.

Line drawing is in and the first 4 layers of skin under-painting are down. Got an early start tomorrow; making the pilgrimage to Ikea for nursery furniture; so stopping here for the night.

It hasn't gotten to the point of really seeing anything out of it yet, but a few more layers in and I'll start the blending and shadows, then move onto doing clothing.

I'm not done with the old man I've been working on, btw... I figure I'll probably start up a few paintings over the next couple weeks and jump around between them.