Portrait Painting

Heres some process shots of a portrait I just did. The first one is a very quick gesture of the face that I did in about 1 or 2 minutes. It helps me start off with a lot of energy that I try and preserve till the end of the painting. After that I continue to block in tones and shapes until it looks right.

Oil Study

Here's some process shots of an oil study I did in a workshop yesterday. Its pretty straight forward. I basically just keep blocking in from start to finish until it looks right.