Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mugshot #2

Mugshot #2
 
I love painting the African American skin tones! So many more nuances to play with. I was in a bit of a rush when I started it, so I finished the next day. Sometimes it's easier to start with 2 values, midtone and shadow; let it dry then finish, if you are lucky, the next day. You get less mud that way.
98 to go

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Mugshots

I'll be doing a series of exercises called Mugshots: this one is Mugshot #1. The interesting thing I have found while researching real mugshots are the similarities in the faces. Maybe they all share the "I'm having a bad day" look or the lighting is really bad. It makes me not want to go to the local Walmart because I see a lot of this type there. I plan on doing a series of 100 so I can see the improvement, hopefully.
 To vary the 'mugshots'  I plan on also doing some regular people and perhaps a few dogs and cats as mugshots.

I am flying off to the UK this coming Tues. to visit my daughter and son-in-law! Taking my oldest grandson along to carry my bags and give him a little education as well. I am also taking my Plein aire setup since we are driving out to the country on the weekends. We are staying at a Landmark Trust house in Shropshire the first weekend then going to Bath the next.