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Owen Lloyd

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I'm doing a watercolour portrait of a family friend. Here's where I've got to on the drawing stage. There's a bit more to do then I plan to do some eye and mouth painted studies to get the saturation level sorted. Happy for criticism and pointing out faults. Here to learn.
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Owen Lloyd

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Here's where I got to Friday night. It's close enough to trace and try out some paint.

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You are off to a good start with this excellent drawing.
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Owen Lloyd

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Thanks Denise.  I've managed to waste 24 hours by avoidance activities grrrr! I'm off now and will NOT browse the gallery until I've got something done.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Ah, Owen - we all do that (actually, I'm not sure Denise does: she seems to be permanently at work...).  I have a good (arthritic) reason to avoid painting just now, but I'm extremely good at procrastination: I just call it "thinking time".   I commend this to you if you're seeking an excuse. 
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Owen Lloyd

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Hi Robert. No, for me it's just avoidance. Painting means making decisions and that's something I routinely put off. Silly really, it's only painting a picture 😄 Anyway, here's the first layer done. 
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Owen Lloyd

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Started the second layer last night. Trying to resist getting into the detail too early.

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Marjorie Firth

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Working well so far. And you can see teeth! Always a tricky one in portraits. Although, in the process of doing a Still Life with pearls inside a box, at one stage they looked like false teeth. So it can be a problem elsewhere. I just laughed to myself and continued - I still think of that when I look at the image.
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Owen Lloyd

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Ha! That's a good story Marjorie 😁 I like Ben Lustenhouwer's approach of leaving teeth as a single shape rather that individuals. I'm not proud of my teeth and I think that's quite common. Yesterday I was surprised how angled inwards teeth are, especially at the sides. The image I saw might put you off your breakfasts so Google 'cheeks retracted' for yourself.
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Owen Lloyd

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Here's where I got to Wednesday. Pretty much done on this layer and thinking how to do the next, darker layer 
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Didn't go as planned.  The step up in value was too great and the colour sloppy. Then I chased it rather stopping DOH! I'm going to see if I can tone down the shadows around the nose. If not then I will pretend they're not there and do the rest properly. Another lesson re-learned.
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Marjorie Firth

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The lesson I learned when doing watercolour portraits was the mistake of using an opaque colour instead of a transparent one. Luckily the paper I was using was ok with a bit of scrubbing ( Arches cold pressed). Not cheap but lovely to use. Get the water on and start blotting!
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