Gary 9x12 oil/panel
I frequent an artist website called Wetcanvas.com. Check it out if you've not been there - great resource, forums for every conceivable art topic or media, friendly and encouraging folks. In the portraiture forum, each year around this time they do a portrait swap. Folks get randomly paired up,and the partners paint portraits of each other (from photos, of course).
So, this is my portrait swap partner, Gary, a very fine pastel artist. I can't wait to see his rendition of me. I told him to make me look younger. :-) I find working from photos really, really hard, if you are trying to get accurate skin tones, and a likeness too. I hope Gary likes his painting...
