more work on David

I'm at the point of just looking at this and evaluating what needs to be done next.  I have done a light wash of Mineral Violet on the background and added more shading on the shirt and face.  More work to do, once I decide what!  LOL!!

Another of sweet little Gavin

Here is another I did recently of Gavin.  I think she was maybe four years old here.  I had a lot of trouble with her hair and finally resorted to scrubbing most of it out and trying the technique that Jan Kunz uses.  My wonderful husband is great at googling and finding stuff for me.  That was the case when I was ruining her hair!  Anyway, I'm mostly pleased with this one but I do plan to do another painting of this same pose.  Mostly this is the method that I learned in Ted Nuttall's workshop in March.  http://www.tednuttall.com/  That is the method I generally use but I am beginning to experiment with other techniques and combine some of them to see what the outcome is.  Practice, practice!!

Graphite portrait

I also love doing work in charcoal and graphite.  Here is one of my son, Freddie, when he was two years old.  Thanks for reading!