I finally got the lips right, Whoo hoo!! *dances around* I think I've spent about 3 - 4 hours on the lips alone, changing it every time that I'd start a new session on the painting.
80% done!
All I've left to do now, is the hair, eyebrows, jewelry and background!
Whooot!
Me thinks pretty decent for a person who is painting a portrait (completely) for the first time.
Scribbles from here and there.
=)
An old hand study... at some point, I'll study all the muscles but.. not yet.
I only have 3 more days to finish this.. and it still needs to have so much work done on it!
Human body drawings are the bane of my existence, I want to give it character and dynamics, give it a flow of movement, but there is always something that just isn't quite there yet.
And I'm getting much better and not getting it quite right.
Forms from superheroes in action.. 
My mother is not the easiest person to buy a present for, and she'd make it very difficult if my siblings and I try to do something nice for her on her birthday.
So, for her birthday I thought of painting a portrait of her.
Sadly enough, I have a few things going against me.
- I haven't painted a portrait in over a year
- When I do start, I rarely ever finish painting portraits
- I'm lazy and need a bit more than motivation
So you can see, this is a bit more than a monster of a challenge.
Here I document my progress.
An exercise in using colour and a different kind of brush rather than the hard round one I usually do.
Done in Photoshop.
