This one was a quickie- my wife's sister had taken a photo of brooke and jake for Christmas that I thought was really good, and it had a bluish tint which I thought was very cool so I wanted to do a quick painting of it. I just loved the lighting, and I wanted to do a face study- the critique on the last one was that brooke looked better than jake- and here I had a perfect shot of them both. I also felt that the last painting the faces were stiff, so I wanted to try to do something a bit looser, yet realistic.
What I'm noticing is that I have a pattern of; great start (really excited) then a period of doubt where it doesn't meet my expectations (so I struggle) then it seems to come together at the end. So the start and finish is great, but the middle part isn't so great because I'm still not quite there yet. I still can't get jake's eyes and mouth right, brooke seems to always turn out better- yet- going in I felt that in both paintings she would be more difficult one to work on.
I still struggle with the three parts- the eye, being able to "see" basic shapes and details but not getting carried away with details early on, -the color, being dead-on and the technique, being clean and not messy or sloppy. I've struggled with all three areas every time I paint- and I'm trying to avoid getting into doing super detailed art that takes months to do-
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