progression of a painting 4.9.2020

Untitled, watercolor, 11x15 on Arches paper

self portrait with lavender hair 9.26.2019

Here's a process post about a recent self portrait. I started with a 14x17 inch piece of 98 pound Canson XL mix media paper. With a pencil, I drew a blind contour self portrait, then went over the pencil lines with a black china marker. Using oil pastel, I added color. And then I added …