Broken Color Portrait

I had such a good time working on a portrait from the live model yesterday that I started one from a photograph today.

Painting in gouache goes much slower than in oils. Well, at least for me it is. If I was more correct with the swatches of color that I’m laying down then I would have less corrections and it would go much faster. Painting in gouache is forcing me to try and get the value and color correct the first time I put it down.

Session Details

Session: 1843
Work: 1366
Width: 5
Height: 7
Medium: Gouache
Art Time: 1 hrs

Chris Beaven
February 11, 2018
4:51 am

From Photograph, Gouache, Self Portrait

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.