Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Planes of Justin's Face




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In my portrait painting class, I have been talking to the students a lot about the planes of the face and I borrowed an Asaro head to use as a reference. So I thought it'd be fun to apply the Asaro model to a real portrait as a visual aid. Usually I work from life, or at least partially. This was done entirely from a photograph. Not a great photo it's true. So here is the result: