Simplicity

Portrait painting is always relaxing. I spent the last few weeks simplifying colors and exploring a few techniques. 

Porcelain Girl

A4 wood - Acrylics / pencils

David Downton has inspired me since college. Initially finding his work through Creative Review, I've been entranced since.

I had a few attempts here but thought this porcelains girl came out quite well. Delicate and fragile looking.

Gold Ring

A4 wood - Acrylics / pencils

It'd been a while since I'd last tried a portrait and felt this worked our pretty well.

Although this took a little over 2 hours, I'd made the mistake of thinking her eyes would balance naturally. The left side of her face is exactly what I was looking for.. The right side, not so much.