Memory Project Portrait Beginnings

What a fantastic undertaking to be a part of!  The Memory Project is an organization that connects with artist from around the world to have them paint realistic high quality portraits of young children who are living in less than ideal conditions.

As a part of Colin Ferguson’s class at John Tyler Community College, I get to work on painting this little guy...(who BTW loves ice cream and the color blue)

This is my first pass with this cute as a button boy...

and this is my second pass.

Colin is teaching a great new technique in which he calls “Fat Over Lean” that has to do with glazing in local color from the beginning while reserving the whites of the canvas.  Looking forward to the progression...