Studio 1

Studio 2

Detail 1

Detail 2

Detail 3

Computer montage 1

Computer montage 2

Oil paint table

Studio and details slides: I started a portrait, first portrait I've painted and first time I've painted with a brush for a while although been using my fingers, painting knife a springy, shaped, metal spatula and rags.
Been trying to get the colours right as the original picture was taken on my phone and is not great.
Computer montage 1 and 2: Preparatory work, I used a computer to overlay early sketches and actual photo to see where I was off target, I used coloured lines to make the differences, blue was painting, black was original outline.
Detail 2: I squirted the paint here straight on to the canvas from the tube, I like the smooth action and the fluid nature of drawing like this, will explore this more.
See my studio site here: http://www.amacstudios.org/