This is a study I did in Italy at the end of August. There were 18 of us participating in a figure painting workshop led by Jacob Dhein. They used the lottery method of assigning positions and I ended up with full frontal. She had beautiful long wavy hair, but it was up when I sketched her in. It was a great workshop.
I'm taking a portrait painting workshop with Jacob Dhein, an amazing figure painter, and this is the first of what will probably be three portraits in all. It is a portrait of a wonderful ex-neighbor of mine, Dana, who still lives close by, so I may try her again in an interior space. The reference photo for this was taken outdoors on a sunny day. Jacob told us not to spend too much time on these, as they are skill-building exercises. This one took a couple hours and I've got a few more details to add, but it's essentially done. I'm pretty happy with it. Update 10/12/2023: I've completed the study, applying Jacob's suggestions from his critique. I still want to incorporate abstraction, but I think I'll leave it to the next one for that.
