The more I work on this figure the more I like it. Even though I’m taking a bunch of sessions to complete it I still have the motivation to keep working on it while staying focused.
I am a bit concerned about how detailed this painting is, though. I would like to have more dynamic brush work, but honestly, I don’t have the skills to do that yet. I keep remembering Rembrandt’s timeline of work and how he started out with super detailed work. He eventually became such a master that he could describe as much with less. I figure if I’m on the same path that Rembrandt took, I need to do a ton of super detailed work before I have the skill to break away from it.
I figured I would take a picture of my latest work on the oil painting that led up to it. I’m amazed at such a huge change in the work over a very short period of time.
