Study for self-portrait

Half happy, half angry. Drawn with calligraphy pen.

New self-portrait update

Break time! Think I'm overworking it.

Color Continues

This seems to be going well but I'm not sure how well. Or when to stop.

Grayscale layer. Check.

New Self-Portrait

I like it as is but want to try Freud's technique (as I understand it).

Portrait of Elliott (detail)

I'm thinking that I want to focus on shadows and exaggerate values by delineation.

Below is the palette so far. I've limited my color choices hoping that a rich set of values will emerge.

Palette used for John Cowan portrait