Vaguely Recognisable Faces

I can't take credit for the colour scheme though as the ref had that lighting but my version turned out a bit more vivid and I kind of liked it that way.

Remember this conversation Val?

You:

The cool light from the right side is a nice touch. It adds just enough dimension to the figure to give a sense of the position in space

Me:

Thanks Val, though that was on the ref image so I can't take credit for it too much.

You:

Reference or not, you still have to paint it and you painted it well.

Atto wrote:

Remember this conversation Val?

No.
Can't remember what happened yesterday.

Who are you again?

And who the hell am I?

Another thick paint extravaganza....
Tom Hanks...



Well, I say "Tom Hanks" but it went through the obligatory Bill Murray phase then had a bit of Robin Williams until I corrected the nose and jawline. But it'll do.

I don't think it's quite as successful as the previous Oil Brush picture partly because of the vivid yellow mixes that often crop up with that particular tool. It made it very difficult to control the lighter areas of skin but I managed to neutralize it a bit towards the end. It just lacks the subtlety I would have liked.

This week I haven't been able to do much except for occasional face doodles.
So here are some ... face doodles.

A loose sketch of Tommy Lee Jones.



And some Twin Peaks stuff, from the old shows seeing as I haven't seen the new episodes.

"It is happening ... again!"




"!kcoR s'teL"




"Diane, I'm holding in my hand a small box of chocolate bunnies."

Thanks, Charlotte.
I found Tommy Lee Jones to be quite difficult (and it shows.) He has such texture to his skin that its hard to find and define the planes of his face and it's easy to end up with a shapeless mess.

I think the first 10 episodes of Twin Peaks are as good as anything that's ever been made. The rest of Season two was somewhat less impressive and makes me a bit unsure about what the new ones are/will be like. (Also those recent X-Files episodes, which were pretty poor apart from the Darin Morgan one, have made me very sceptical of nostalgic revivals.) It'll be brilliant or awful. Or perhaps both at the same time.

And just to keep this thread from getting too dusty, here's a quick pencil sketch done from photo ref. Done with real actual pencil ...and then touched up in Sketchbook to add highlights and shadows.