Progress on the Sork portrait

The second session brought me to this resting place. I'm working predominantly with earth colors still. Raw Umber in the shadows with some yellow ochre in the area that will represent Patrick's shirt. This has all been done fairly loosely with a large (#12) hog bristle flat brush. I prefer doing this loose proportional blocking in rather than doing a tight drawing on the canvas first or transfering a tracing of the photo with a pounce pattern. Both methods have served me for certain projects in the past, but these days I like the direct approach. Mahalo nui loa for checking in. Aloha for now, Timo