Foundations: Part 4 (Last One)

The above portrait was the first color portrait I did that wasn't from life. My friend Dana posed for me with the deal that she could have the painting after I painted it. So I really didn't want to screw it up. Unfortunately because of that I don't have the original painting and I had to scour the internet to find this copy, which is as high res as I could find. I've lost all the other images of it.

Back then I hadn't really done much that looked like anything, so I don't think she was expecting much, but she ended up really liking it which was a nice confidence boost back then.

This study was years later after I was a bit more comfortable with painting. I think it was around an hour and a half life painting.

This one was also pretty early on. I remember one of the quick lessons I learned about painting in school was bigger was better lol. Not literally, but when it came to presentation, there was a bit of wow factor when you walked in with a huge painting, even when the skill was mediocre, it always looked more impressive if it was massive. Free pro tip :p

No story for this one, just another random study from life that I hardly remember painting.

So as promised I wanted to also show some of my terrible drawings from the beginning, these are the oldest that I could find, but they're still probably past the first year of art school. I tried to adjust these in Photoshop so you can actually make them out. The lines are so faint that they're hardly visible, a typical beginner mistake when you lack confidence.

Well that's it for the blast from the past/Foundations series, I'll be jumping back into more current stuff from now on, hope you guys enjoyed! Let me know in the comments. As always thanks for looking peeps!