In my entire career as a painter, nothing was ever harder than painting portraits. For some reason, I can’t get pass the human, in order to focus on colors, shadows and shape, like I usually do, when paintings landscapes and animals.
This makes is extremely hard, and it’s the main reason which kept me away from ever getting myself into trying to paint humans.
As in the past year I took a few challenges in order to become a better painter, why not giving portraits another chance?
Even if not exactly a self portrait, but more of a portrait, I’m happy I gave it a chance. With a bit of guidance, the shapes and shadows are definitely on the right track, and I’m confident some more practice would definitely get me there.
Ok, it was a lot of fun, but I must admit, it takes a lot more than this, to get me out of my favorite type of painting: nature and animals 🙂 Still, for a first try, I’m more than happy with it!
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It kinda of hard to draw self portrait or portrait, I find the expression on the face is the hardest to capture. Beautiful painting.
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I can’t agree more! It has to look just so, and even the smallest detail turns it into someone it’s not. Thank you for your kind words and have a lovely evening! 🙂
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Same to you, Lucy.
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Thank you!
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It is always difficult to paint down the portraits. Because along with the features we have to paint down emotions and expressions in it. But you have done such an excellent job here. Such a beautiful portrait Lucy. Have a great time. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words! It’s been quite a challenge but I’m happy with what I learned by painting it 🙂 Always room for improvement! Have a lovely evening!
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You are welcome Lucy. Yes, portraits are always challenging. So there is always a door for improvement. Have a great day.:)
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Thank you once again 🙂 I’ll keep working on it!
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Hi Lucy, I too struggle with portraits and tend to stay away from trying them. There’s so much to a persons face that makes them who they are, its hard to capture that. I think you did a great job though!
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Thank you so much, Laura! Indeed, painting humans is very difficult. It has to look organic, alive, full of emotions and similar to the person you have in mind. I think they are quite challenging, but for a first try, I’m also pretty happy with it. Definitely room for improvement, but not a bad start. Have a lovely day!
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You are very brave! My approach is to simply not try them….too dangerous. Hee hee. Good luck!
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haha, agree but we only become better when we push ourselves out of our comfort zone. If i stick with what I already know, I’ll never become better 🙂 I think it’s not a bad thing to try!
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True enough!
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Portraits are tricky but with more practice, you will probably feel more comfortable doing it
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Thank, Gin! I also think so. Still, I prefer animals and landscapes 🙂
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That’s a whole lot better than any of my stick figures, Lucy. 😉
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Hahahah, indeed! I guess there’s a bit of progress :)) Have a lovely day!
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Hey I think it’s amazing…it’s much better than any stick figure I can draw! 🙂
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Hahah, thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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