Ephrata Saint Painting...

I started painting a portrait today. It took a lot of courage to take this next step in my journey as an artist. Drawing has been my mainstay for over 20 years. There has been flashes of painting over those years, but never in traditional oil. So here is the process.

I had one of the models from a
life drawing class pose and took a
picture using my iphone.

A background from the
arts and crafts movement.

Layout #1

Layout #2

First step it to draw a tight drawing from the photo
using panel board bought at AC Moore.