The portrait studies we did in class were deliberately over-simplified. There were probably moments when you wished you could have mixed up more subtle washes halfway between the dark and middle values, for example, or where a fourth or fifth color might have been fun to try.
If there were no guidelines, would you want to move toward greater subtlety and specificity, or toward a personal expressionism? Perhaps both.
Start another portrait, and see where it leads you.
Here are some approaches that may give you ideas:
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Ted Nuttall |
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Schuchin |
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David Lobenberg |
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Gretchen kelly |
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Jia-jia |
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