- Oct 21, 2023
I bounce back and forth between both human and animal portraits for the most part. There's just something about the challenge of capturing the emotions of them that I love. One of my favorite subjects to work with are the farmers and sharecroppers of the depression era. Why? Maybe just because they are pure in their expressions. They've seen things. They know things. And, I'm a sucker for drawing denim overalls. Lol. The medium really seems to work well with them. So I started this piece, that is unnamed as of now, earlier this week. This is how I work, top left to bottom right. But first, the eyes. I have to do them first. It's the most fun for me and it helps kind of make a connection with the piece as I work. Call me crazy, but it seems to work. So I thought I'd share these thoughts and a little bit about what sparked this subject for a piece that I hope to have finished, and titled, soon.