Head Study #23

I planned to stretch a batch of paper yesterday and quickly finished this one off to add to the cue.  I had to fix an eye at one point.  But a good learning exercise.











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Head Study #22

Here is a copy of John Singer Sargent's charcoal portrait of Myra Hess.  I lost it some where.  I've always head trouble with this one.







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Head Study #21

Here is a copy of a John Signer Sargent charcoal portrait.    I'm somewhat pleased with the result.  Given more practice with the brush I think I can replicate one of Sargent's mugs.







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Head Study #20

This is a photographic reference used by the painter Jules Lefebvre for one of his paintings.  I thought I'd give it a try.







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Head Study #19

Head Study #18

A two color from a screen capture.  I was just playing around and wanted to see what might happen.







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Head Study #17

Here is a set of Myra Hess.  Sargent did a charcoal drawing of her and here is my attempt at a similarly posed photograph.









Yeah, I started to loose it somewhere.

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Eye Relocation

At some time into it I noticed the right eye was too high.  So here is my attempt to lower it just a bit.  But maybe the right eye was fine and the left merely needed to be raised a bit.

Head Study #16

This is from a film noir screen cap of Francois Prevost.  The smaller size (less than 15 x 22") is proving to be an easier jump for me.  The varying daylight is having such a diverse result perhaps I should photograph these under electric lights for consistency.









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Head Study #15

Another film noir screencap.  I'll be scaling these down a little as I am having difficulties adjusting to this larger size.







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Head Study #14

He's is one that I have done before, only in oils; a head study of Grace Kelly.









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