Preparing

this coming weekend i'll be doing 

a "portrait painting bootcamp" 

with artist Dee Donaldson

she requests that we take our own photographs 

for reference, 

if possible of someone we don't know at all 

or 

at least not well. 

i decided to work with this photograph.

this is Stan, a gentle homeless man 

who lives around this area

Dee also requested that we do a charcoal 

underpainting in preparation for the course

on a big canvas, 

mine is 80cm by 100cm.

this is my sketch ready for saturday,

Stan looks a little rounder than in real life.

it might just be me trying to ease his circumstances...

we will be working on that one painting for 3 full days

and i can feel i'm going to be pushed way out of my comfort zone...

can't wait

;)