Since I had already started sketching out this one, a wedding photo of a friend, I decided to finish it off.
I’ve always been nervous about doing faces and so I generally (and often cleverly) avoid it. But the photo I liked best for my friend’s wedding forced me to “face” my insecurities.
Critique: I’m generally pleased with how it turned out. I’m pleased with the hair. I’m mostly satisfied with the faces, but I recognize that I’m missing a lot of the emotion, shading, and depth. I’ve very rarely (if ever) done a male figure in watercolor and I’ve DEFINITELY never done a painting of two figures interacting in this way. So as a first, I’m pleased and I see it as a marginal success. But I know there is a lot of room for improvement. I’m not thrilled with the lace in the sleeve, but I’m not sure how I would have done it differently. I actually really like the background.
Photos below. As always, I forgot to take initial photos. So here’s a jump and then progression photos.
And here’s the real photo.
