painting portraits 6

so this has only changed slightly. i have do-poofed the hair and added my brouch i made. i still have more to do on the hair and defining the scarf and brouch but i think it is getting there. oh and the photo seems to have made my face look a lot redder than it actually is.

painting portraits 5

stage 5:

weekend discoveries

we went to nottinghill on the weekend to see a friend of a friends band 'the open mouths' play at the nottinghill arts club on saturday afternoon. on the way to the tube station we walked past this building and just had to take this photo - newcomb was my surname before i got married (newcomb without an 'e' thankyou very much!)
when we found a table we didn't move for the entire night - that is why we all look so happy.

painting in stages

this is what i have done so far, and i'm pretty happy with it. it is starting to look more like me and not someone older. so those of you who do look at my blog please let me know what you think and any suggestions are more than welcome. i will do some more work on it this weekend and hopefully add some patterns and definition to the scarf etc.

painting in stages

stage 3

painting in stages

stage 2

portrait painting

i am currently painting my portrait...thinking of entering the national portrait competition next year. i haven't painted in 10 years but it all came flooding back and i think this is starting out to be a pretty good picture. this is just the beginning so don't think it is finished, i still have to get the eyes right and a lot of the other features but i have 6 months to perfect it.
STAGE 1:

it fell from the sky

i was walking to liverpool street station among the afternoon rush of commuters yesterday when from out of the sky fell a magazine! it landed on my head! i turned around and asked the girl who was walking behind me if she had seen where it had come from - she said ' it appears to have fallen from the sky' with puzzlement. it was a business magazine, no baring on my life for any sort of devine intervention? i just kept walking and retreated to my ipod for some comfort - the smiths will see me through any situation.