Portrait study

Final finished portrait

Final finished portrait

Making landmarks and rendering the basic shapes and values

Making landmarks and rendering the basic shapes and values

Refining shapes and values

Refining shapes and values

Understanding shapes

Understanding shapes

Understanding shading and values

Understanding shading and values

rendering details

rendering details

rendering hair

rendering hair

Finishing hair and details

Finishing hair and details

Portrait study

- Portrait painting study
Modelling/ rendering exercise.

So, I've decided that I needed to learn a lot more if I wanted to reach my goals of painting realistic & dynamic (historical) scenes. To do this I've decided to take on a mentorship with the wonderful Sasha Beliaev!

I painted this portrait study after my first session during my mentorship with Sasha Beliaev as a rendering/ modelling exercise and you can already see a big improvement over my previous work! I'm very excited to learn more!

I've written more on this over on my blog here:
https://www.artstation.com/blogs/simonbauwelinck/Qpy9/taking-on-a-mentor

You can find Sasha Beliaev's work here:
https://www.artstation.com/sashabeliaev