Meet Richard and Alex, my grandsons. Both portraits were painted from photographs as neither boy is capable of sitting still long enough to be painted from life. They're both grown up now and active in all sports. The challenge of these portraits was to paint those young faces without "overmodeling". I learned that sometimes a "color shift" is all that is needed and not a "value shift". That seems to be especially true when painting by only north light.
What I learned from painting the boys was especially useful in painting "Grace" yesterday during Open Studio at Southgate Studio. I painted Grace in north light only which required tight values and high value key. I'm trying to "think more and paint less" which seems to be working.
