A Ben A Day

My familiarity with painting my nephew is slim. So I decided to produce a painting of him over my holidays everyday. A challenge to produce a daily portrait because I have a tendency to overwork things and get into detail even if it’s a daily portrait exercise.

Day 1

Day 1

Day 2

Day 2

Day 3

Day 3

Day 4

Day 4

Day 5 This one got away from me. I find painting him head on to be a difficult angle.

Day 5
This one got away from me. I find painting him head on to be a difficult angle.

Day 6 My favourite of all of the portraits. I really like how I didn’t adhere to realistic skin tones.

Day 6
My favourite of all of the portraits. I really like how I didn’t adhere to realistic skin tones.

Day 6 detail

Day 6 detail

Day 8 (I did a virtual sitting with my niece on day 7. It’s the previous post)

Day 8
(I did a virtual sitting with my niece on day 7. It’s the previous post)

Day 9

Day 9

Day 9 detail

Day 9 detail