Self Portrait #3

Self Portrait #3
11”x14”
Acrylic on Canvas

This portrait was an experiment in loosening up and letting the brush strokes show.  It didn’t look very promising at first, but I persisted.  In hindsight, the colors I mixed were too brown/green tinted and the result looks a bit muddled.  I should have started with “normal” skin tones and adjusted their hues more subtly from there.  Also, the overall values of the skin tones are too dark.  I learned a lot of good lessons from this one and plan to apply them to the next painting.