It’s been about 13 years since I took my oil painting classes in college and I hadn’t picked up an oil paint again until a couple of weeks ago.  I thought, no problem.   Yeah right.

The last few years I have devoted my artistic talents to photography and water color painting, both vastly different than oil painting.  I thought it might amuse everyone to see my floundering attempts to figure this stuff out again, so here goes.

This was my inspiration, a colored pencil drawing I did several years ago.

I didn’t think to take a photo of step 1, so we will start with step 2, blocking in some colors.  Not horrible.

Step 3 I’m trying to start adding some low lights and my facial features, ugh.

I’ve now realized that my face is to small and I’m not sure if I can enlarge it or not. Maybe it will work, I’m not sure.  I have no desire for realism, but I had hoped to convey the same ‘feeling’ as the sketch which I liked.

I know i still have a lot of improvment/work to do.  wish me luck

~S