What's in a face?...365 Days of Drawing

Tomorrow I set out very early to judge an art show for The Pacific Art Guild of about 200 paintings so tonight I really wanted to fire myself up with a good drawing. I took time on this one, a favorite model from my teaching class. Her likeness is elusive. What's in a face? A lot it seems. Don't take any thing at face value. Keep searching. Keep seeking. That's what I tell myself.

The second is my drawing from yesterday. A block in for a still life. Hope to get to that later in the day tomorrow.

The Root of It.....365 Days of Drawing...

My portrait painting demo for the Pacific Art Guild in Los Angeles last night and my drawing for the day.

What a nice group of artists. Thank you for hosting me and thanks to president Vickie Myers. Special thanks to Keri, my model, who IS always SO VERY!

The demo looked better at halfway in my opinion. Ah, the thrills and spills of life painting in front of lots of people. I agree with my mentor. It really is a stunt of sorts. You are entertaining people. Painting in a mad rush. Trying to give out information. Trying to do something half decent. This took about an hour and a half with talking along the way.

Now how about me getting to the hair salon to fix those roots!