Don 11x14 oil
Today's painting is a portrait study of another artist friend. I asked on one of my painting forums if folks would send me photos of themselves, so I can practice painting portraits. Don generously supplied several.
Working from photos is never as good as working from life, but it's still good practice, and I learn something every time I do one of these. And not only about painting...
In our correspondence, Don told me that he is a musician/songwriter, used to tour, but now writes...and this photo is actually one of photos from a CD he has in process at the moment. He plays sort of "Texas red dirt" country music, which is sort of rocked out country as he explains it. It's really interesting to connect in these small ways with folks, even using a photo as a "model".!
