I wanted this piece to look like an old picture, because while color tv and photos were around, black and white photos were still popular. I started by sketching on the canvas for the face outline and scarf. I forgot to put a wash but I think it ultimately helped me because color would make it difficult to focus on the greys I need to make for this. I started by sketching out the basic outlines of the face and scarf. I forgot to put a wash on the canvas first, but I think it helped considering I'm doing black and white and I don't want to cover up the color. At first the face color was way too dark. I had to basically start over and paint over all the skin I already did. I like how it looks now, but it was a bit of a set back. Mixing the colors was pretty difficult because I had to consistently get the correct shade every time I mixed more paint to finish the face. Everytime I mixed it too dark or had extra black on my brush I used it for around the face hoping to see how contrasted it'll end up being when I paint more. Once the skin was fixed, I worked on getting the shadows and filling in features of the face. I tried my best to get the shoulders and chest to match the face and I think it worked pretty well. I'm going to continue playing around with the shape of the lips and eyes to see if I can make them match a little more. The angle from my reference picture was difficult to work with but I made some changes and I think it worked pretty well.
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