Homage

Today's painting is an homage portrait of Juan Linares. He is one of my favorite urban sketchers, and lives and paints in Barcelona. He is so talented and also so versatile that I always look forward to seeing his latest work.

I was fairly happy with the likeness, although I think his face is a little taller and not so wide, and also I started too high on the page so the top of his head got cut off! But over all, I am satisfied. Painting beards (particularly when they are salt and pepper) is challenging! I hadn't really done that before, except for some stray whiskers on my friend Rani. So, a new experience. I hope Juan doesn't mind my appropriating his image for my painting!

If you want a really good 12-week art course, and you speak (or at least understand) fluent Spanish, Juan is teaching a course I would love to take...if only I hadn't taken French instead! If you were smarter than me, sign up!

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Still pursuing the 30x30 goal of no underdrawing.

In the sketchbook...