My obsession with head studies continues.
Been doing lots of gouache heads, and ink heads, and charcoal heads.
Here are a few highlights.
First, a quick head sketch in gouache:
Next, an oil gesture exercise, step by step:
The lay-in
The shadows
Filling in the tone
Working the edges
More edge work
Fixing values, more edge work
Last touches
And lastly...
The same model from the oil exercise, in charcoal:
