portrait – Graeme Skinner

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Graeme Skinner — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:10:28 +0000

Still practicing, and again I picked a reference photo at random, this time it ended up with a photo I took of Julie back in May when it was a bit sunnier and a bit warmer

I enjoyed painting the folds in the dress, I disliked painting hair, but then I always dislike painting hair for some reason.

Up Close

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:32:25 +0000

Well, that’s enough time spent looking at myself for self portraits this month, the ‘Selfie’ theme of the month over on John Howe’s forum has resulted in me staring at my ugly mug for far too long. Now I need to look at some green fields dotted with Hobbit holes and maybe a wizard or two

The eyes have it

Graeme Skinner — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:20:53 +0000

I had a little play with Painter 12 and sketched my eye for the theme of the month at john-howe.com

Once I’d sketched the eye I started to think it would be interesting to try and sketch something digitally similar to something you’d see in ye olde country manor with the ‘gent’ posing alongside his hound