John Taylor
11”x14″
Acrylic on Canvas
My goal for this practice portrait was to loosen up and not sweat the details. I painted most of it with a large flat brush and resisted the urge to smooth out all of the transitions. I think the painting has a more relaxed look as a result. This one took about 8 hours to complete.
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.
Dan Russell-Pinson 