Portrait Practice 2

I've been continuing with these portrait studies for the last week, its been a good daily warm-up. I feel like the quality between this week's portraits and last week's is noticeably higher. That's the good thing about continued practice! I'm finding that for me personally, the greatest challenges are in overcast lighting (2nd portrait) and the extremely blown-out light sources (6th portrait). This is enjoyable.


These were all about an hour's worth of work, from reference, done completely in photoshop.

Portrait Practice 1

Well, its been about a month since my last post. I figured I was about due for another one. Here are some head studies I've been occasionally doing to try and keep on my toes. These are from photo reference and took an hour each.


I'm very happy now that I've changed the look of my blog. With a background that is essentially a mini-portfolio, I don't feel so pressured for every blog post to feel like it has to include portfolio-worthy artwork. I feel much more free to post sketches, practice paints, and works in progress. If I can manage to stay on track, I should have much more to post in the coming months along those lines.

QUESTION!!! What sites do you guys use for anatomy reference? Are there any sites that frequently have new images uploaded of the nude figure? Yeah, yeah, I can hear some of you chuckling with a snide remark to that last one. Really though, if you've got a favorite anatomy site then I'd love for you to share the link in the comments to this post! Thanks a lot guys!!!