Trying to paint portraits again

Used to do them, but got out of the habit. Now into landscapes and architecturals, plus occasional still life.

So pushing myself to try to paint daily (hadn't happened), I went for a portrait from a poor web photo of Richard and Sandy. Working in Ceracolors, water-soluble cold wax paint, which would have been excellent for the glazing, except I neglected to use enough medium, instead of white.

Came out reasonably well, though clearly not a perfect likeness. BTW, both the scanner and the cell phone camera have serious biases. They capture tooth and texture far too much (more than you would see) and have a tendency to color shifting/bias, as well as sort of posterizing, rather than smooth transitions between edges.

Anyway, not the worst I've done:

Old County Courthouse on a Winter Day

Started off as bitter cold as last year, as we set up to paint around the Old County Courthouse in Redwood City. But the day warmed up considerably and so did my painting. Finally dropped the tedious pseudo-realism and am back to my normal expressionist/impressionist styles. Got two today, both acrylics, one big, one small.

Brrrrr Pillar Point Painting

Got colder today, after a warmer start, at Pillar Point. Lots of painters braving December. At least we missed the big Maverick's contest, so we were able to paint.

Waxing fruitful

Another Ceracolor experiment in cold water=soluble wax paint today. This time on canvas board. Can't say that I like tooth for my paintings, though, because I have a tendency to paint thinly, which doesn't fill out the "holes" in the weave properly. But the painting was a reasonable still life anyway.

Good Day, Mediocre Painting

Tried for a more expressionist view of Woodside Store and less brown than reality on purpose. Good day painting with the group, but not my favorite work of art.