K Hu lesson #4 - Finished portrait

Here's what I turned in.  I like the colors on her skin much more than before, and I think I'm close.  But it still isn't quite there.  I'm thinking a bit more definition on her neck and highlights on the skin.  Any suggestions?

K Hu lesson 3, values and baseline color

I put off starting this assignment because I was afraid of "messing up" the block in!  As soon as I started, I was OK. Thanks to the Saper approach - mixing dark and light of hair, background, clothing and skin.  I'm pretty happy with all the colors except the skin.  This is the third mixing - and it's better than the other two, but still needs more value (especially in the lighter tones) and I think the color is too brown and is a bit lifeless. Back to the “palette!”

Value and shape block in

Lesson 2 in the K Hu workshop is to take the drawing and put it on canvas – with emphasis on shapes and values.  Here’s Sarah in TransOxRed and Ultramarine Blue.

K Hu workshop online

I have signed up for two four-week online workshops with the ArtistsNetworkUniversity.   The first is a portraiture class with K Hu.  The class started last Monday with a drawing demo (on YouTube) and reading from our text book: a wonderful book by Chris Saper called “Classic Portrait Painting in Oils.”  Assignment 1 was to find a photo reference, get it approved and do a black & white drawing to focus on the shapes and values.  Here’s my first assignment.