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Isabelle Portrait - WIP 05

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Isabelle Portrait - WIP 05

Original photo:

(Painted with GIMP 2.6.11 on Windows XP - 3 hour and 05 minutes so far)

August 22, 2012 - additional 1 hour 15 minutes:
I was interrupted quite a bit in this 1 hour and 15 minutes. Anyway, I was working on the facial features (eyes, nose, mouth) and the general light/dark values on the face. Very time-consuming! Perhaps I have improved the likeness, perhaps not. At the end, I felt so restless and started making mistakes more and more, so I decided to stop here. I was not completely happy with this session, but it was not too bad. Two more sittings to finish this painting, I think.

August 21, 2012 - 1 more hour:
I am having this curse of getting up at 2:00 AM in the morning and my little brain so active I cannot get back to sleep!

So I continued working on this painting for an hour. The likeness improves, but I am not there yet. All the individual features look good standing by themselves, but they need to be brought together to create harmony and likeness. Perhaps another sitting will do.

Now I'm gonna go back to bed. At least one hour was put to good use!

August 20, 2012 - 35 minutes more:
I am working on her facial features with an "over-all approach", without focusing on a particular area. I know the likeness is not completely there, but her special nose feature calls for a systematic and somewhat traditional method to get right. Her eyes are not completely done, but I know what to do next. With some minor adjustments next time, the likeness will be there.

August 19, 2012 - adding 13 more minutes:
Added another 13 minutes to make it an even total of 20 minutes...

August 18, 2012:
I promised Isabelle this portrait months ago, but never got time to start painting it! :fear:

August 22, 2012

:love:

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Arid-Eauprofonde's avatar
I like. Great eyes.