Mini Portraits 1-10

Hello Friends,

I've been slowly working away at my mini watercolour portraits. I have 10 so far. The goal is to paint 100 by the year's end. I rather doubt I will make it that far, but I am seeing some improvement.

I've seen a difference since I started using reference photos. I mostly haven't been able to capture good likenesses. That is more difficult than I had imagined. I'm trying to go easy on criticizing my work and, instead, building on what I do like. Each painting is numbered on the back, with notes.

Here are my latest two - #9 & #10:

I used the negative painting technique in #10 to bring out the white hair of the subject. That just means painting around the area with darker colours (background usually) so the white of the paper stands out more.

Here are all 10 mini portraits, which I began in March:

Thanks for stopping by. Have you given yourself a creative challenge this year? Everyone is creative in some way. Perhaps you could challenge yourself to try a new recipe every month or decorate an area in your home or office. Let me know in the comments what your creative challenge is this year.

blessings,

Teresa