Who is this: Head Done

I haven’t sent the last 10 or so posts to subscribers or social media because I’m working so slowly, but today I’m done with the head.

I’m really happy with all the work that I put in to the top half of this self portrait. I painted everything over maybe 3 or 4 times. The head now has the structure I want and the texture that it needs. I only wish that I was painting it larger though, I feel like I can’t get as much feeling in the eyes with the portrait being smaller than life size. The head is probably half original scale and I find myself using a super tiny brush just to get the details it needs.

I’m slowly moving down the body still and I have a lot of work left to be done, this may be the longest painting I ever worked on. Currently I’ve spent about 58 days on it. Of course I’ve done a lot of half hour days…

I plan on posting daily progression but only sending out posts to subscribers and social media when I hit milestones that I think warrant it.

Session Details

Session: 2134
Work: 1505
Width: 17
Height: 30
Medium: Oil
Art Time: 0.5 hrs

Figure, From Photograph, Oil, Self Portrait, Who is This

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.