Alice and Jon, my mother & father-in-law....

Here is portrait which does not do them justice, but is something I recently almost completed just the same. One portrait has a lot less eye definition and color in the faces than the other. I had some corrections to make. So, if you see them either one above the other, or side by side, you can see that there have been adjustments. I will probably further define Jon's face with deeper color & shadow. Check it out, see what you think! It's important to see the products that come out really well, and the ones that have left us challenged. They're all worthy of acknowledgement. Just like in life, things aren't always pretty. It's been said that pain is the touchstone of growth. Painful paintings, drawings, writings, creations - lessons. We learn from them. Others learn from us. The "tooth" of this paper is extreme. Loads of texture; difficult to draw on, therefore, leaving really thick lines - plus I used a heavy stick of graphite. All lessons, all learning. Here's Jon & Alice.