FINAL PORTRAIT OF ANDREA

ANDREA

THE FIRST PORTRAIT

ANDREA

THE FINAL PORTRAIT

The first portrait of Andrea was painted three weeks ago. With a little help from a friend and a lot more adjusting, the final portrait was completed. With just a little more tweaking I softened the line between her right cheek and hairline. The dark hair color was lightened slightly and pulled into the neckline so those values would be a little closer. One little spot on her forehead at the hairline was lightened so it would indicate the forehead continuing on up to the hairline. All those changes were small ones but they made a big difference. No one said this would be easy. I remember a comment made by my first teacher, Michael Shane Neal. He said, "Talent is only 10% of a good portrait. The other 90% is desire and perserverance."