Lindy Allfrey Course on Self Portrait

Another course with Lindy Allfrey, this time on self portrait. Initial charcoal sketch:

Then in Oil Paints:

See http://www.lindyallfrey.co.uk/

Portrait 29-Nov-2012

Portrait Course with Lindey Allfrey

Charcoal drawing techniques. Boxes exercise. Shape and proportion, negative space. 

Study the skull and facial muscles to understand the underlying structure of the face.

 Understand proportion whilst viewing a 3-D cast.

Drawing what you see, not what your brain tells you you see.

Charcoal study of the live model. Identify tone and shapes.

Colour palette with Neutral String, Red String and Yellow String.

Match tone and colour over each shape. Add the detail where you viewer will look.

Oils circa 1987

Oils

Woody Allen

Watercolour Technique

Watercolour Scenes