Getting closer on this portrait of Todd. Worked on the clothing and the hair some more. The darks in the hair really “sunk in” after they started to dry (hence the flat, matt appearance of the hair). I’ll have to try to bring them back out with some stand oil in the next pass or just wait for varnishing to really get the full effect. The clothing is close but looks a bit more orange than I had intended. I was going for some warm browns to compliment the blue background but I think I took it a bit too far. Might glaze that down and restate it a bit less warm on the next pass.
Put in another pass on the face of Sarah as well. It’s looking much more volumetric now. Should be a good foundation for the upper layers. Excited to keep working on this one but still a very long way to go.
