I stayed up late to finish Friday's painting because I have a lot of work tomorrow. It's 1am so technically it's Friday. Haha
On this one, I tried to put more color into the face, and for the most part I did. It was a bit easier easier to get the highlights. I added a little yellow in the highlights too, but I think I'm still using too much white. I think maybe tomorrow I should try to use absolutely no pure white in the painting. That will be a challenge.
I really like his eyes in this one. I am realizing the thing that made Newman so striking was the contrast of those dark eyebrows and the deep shadow of his eye sockets contrasted with the lightness of his eyes.
I appear to have no method to constructing a portrait. I kind of paint all over the place. I am trying to put in all the darks first. I had to redo the mouth on this one because it was in the wrong place, so maybe if I block in the darks and then start with the eyes and work down to the nose and then the mouth, I can get the placement of the features right the first time. ;)
