ears and eyes

and not worrying too much about the tone at present, as I'll play with that when the background and clothing's blocked in.

beginning the VC official portrait

ok, really finished now

And with another one.  I've also done a bit on the website too, uploading some pics and a video of the gallery at the 2017-18 show in Victoria (in the profile page).

finished

tiny changes in the last weeks

hard to see on photos, but getting skin tones deeper, adjusting the eye size, sorting the blue in the background to make the red of the gown sing a bit more, and, the big work of the next few weeks, the mouth and chin and general shadows, tones and depth in the lower part of the face.  Only a day this weekend as working on the CUP textbook for the rest, but happy with the progress.  Still think I need to deepen the sea tones. 

pulling it together

Shirt, background, colour.  Tidying up edges and tones .. . the beginning of the last bits.  Happy with LH headland but still need to play with RH one a bit.

non face stuff

So, a couple of hours today on the shirt, gown, a bit of the background (though I'm still not happy at all with that, both in terms of colours and tonal stuff).  Happy with placement of the headlands now but need to make some decision about how Renaissance I want them to be or how realistic. Happy too with how the red of the gown is settling down a bit.