Be Still and Know

Here is my unfinished painting for today. I don’t think I can get much more done on it tonight. I took a really old drawing and completely re-painted it. This time I tried to concentrate on the planes of the face, and I used a Sargent painting as a reference for the lighting. So, even though there aren’t a lot of details and it’s really messy, I think the form is still there to some degree. And, even in this sketchy phase, this painting is a lot better than my original drawing. I’ll post the original for comparison.

I lost the intent and harshness of the original, but if I keep working on it, maybe I can get it.