My neighbor Tom is a real artist. (He has committed: he is making his living this way.) Every Friday morning, he opens his studio to friends of his–also real artists, mostly–for portrait painting, coffee and discussion. A model arrives, and sits stilll for 25 minutes at a time, 6 periods. When the model is done, presto, you’re done. His talking birds fill any gaps, if the model should decide to stop talking or the CD should run to the end.
The first two weeks, I just got through a series of sketches. The second two weeks I actually painted something. My next goal is to paint something that looks like the model. Will keep you posted.
