I decided today to repeat Lesson #1, not wanting to go on quickly and thereby miss something important. So I listened to parts of the videos again, and did a new one. But honestly, I think I did better the first time—I got too "itsy" with the brushwork this time around and tried for small details I should have just ignored.
That's probably because I switched models, just for fun, and chose a girl I had painted before. This set me up to try to make this one a good portrait instead of just a woman's face, as Emma said we should be doing. I'll know better next time. Still having fun with this method, however.
Here is today's, in charcoal and acrylic:
And here's the version I did of Fionnula before, in Uniball and watercolor, with a stencil background:
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