"Talent and all that for the most part is nothing but hogwash. Any schoolboy with a little aptitude might very well draw better than I perhaps; but what he most often lacks is the tough yearning for realization, the teeth-grinding obstinacy and saying; even though I know I'm not capable of doing it, I'm still going to do it."
-M.C. Escher

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Sketchbook - Self Portraits

I'm still playing with color mixing and controlling watercolors.  The one reference I always have is myself, so I set up a mirror at my drafting table.
The first one you've probably seen before.  It's actually the second one I've painted though.  I gave myself time limits on these.  No more than two hours on each sketch.  

This one I feel is the most honest portrait.  You can see the haunted eyes of a father of teenage girls in it.  Or maybe I just got the values wrong... I'm ok with it either way.
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