Merci encore couleur intérieure d'Alain, d'étape 3 et fond, et la lumière à travers le morceau est maintenant placée. Je regarderai maintenant pour l'améliorer avec de petites qualifications et techniques.

Merci, It' ; plus d'un aide pédagogique qu'un portrait vrai. I' ; m travaillant à la dernière partie maintenant.

Merci, la dernière étape et accomplissent, j'a utilisé un petit crayon en pastel bleu-clair sur les yeux.

Super tu vois comme ca on arrive à trouver la couleur qui nous manque.

Thank you a step by step teaching aid for some youngsters just starting.

Fascinating to watch your process Brian,amazing as always!

Thank you, Well I'm just left with it as you see it I will comple the eyes and blend the shadows more until the skin tone looks right. Because it was a teaching piece I did not concentrate on the likeness. I don't know if that's is a good thing, I might do another to get that right.

Very sweet! I like this one Brian!

Thank you, not completed yet a lot more work of the likeness and blending. It was more of a teaching piece.

Thank you, Merci,

Thank you,

eager to see its finished result...

Thank you, not a lot of difference just a few small changes to make it more interesting.

hey not small chages you should say it magic step ... you are great.....

Thank you, I put it down and went back the next day and pretented it was not a step by step then it worked.

sounds cool..... i must say your outcome of this portrait was awesome...

how is your health and hows the weather???????? hope its all fine... so what ae you making in these cold winter days....... here todays temp is 9 digree c...........

Not very well today, I've got the flu yesterday, I was very bad, today I'm a bit better, hav'nt been out for two days, but it looks sunny.

even i cought flu yestrday.......thats why i made two portraits as i din't go to school......ok get well soon....

I've just finished five

wow..... cant wait to see them... i have also completed one santa claus and now its pending for approval...

Out of action most ost of Yesterday, that's the problem being big headed and thinking I could just keep going. will have a little rest until tommorow Friday.

ok..i'll wait for your new work...have rest...

Not completly better still resting

GET WELL SOON....STAY COZY....

magnifique!!

Merci,

Thank you,

she is sooo pretty!!!! lovely, lovely!!!

Thank you, more to do to the eyes abnd lips also I will improve the hair. It's a part of a teaching step by step.

yes, the hair is always more difficult to do, but that's a good challenge!!!

I think you can see that I work in the light to dark mode of hair. Also a tip is to load two colours on to the same flat brush, one C on either side and turn as you go down, try to pick the end spots to r eload the brush also twisting it is very interesting. The last time I did this technique on hair, a person commented said I must have cheated. It was so simple, with a great effect. All the difficult bits are simple once learnt.

thank you for your advice!!!

That's Ok I can be very boring sometimes, I just love to help when I teach youngsters I purposely make the mad by encouraging them to put their feeling into their work. So i apologies if I am a bit over the top. Also I have a tendancy to ask for people to draw sorry. I'll be a good boy in 2009. Happy Christmas.

but that's not boring at all, I can assure you!!! And I"m sure you'll be as nice as in 2008!!!

thankyou very much for this you teach me more over the internet than my teacher she never taught me how to use anything she just told me to paint with it. so thankyou very very much!

Thank you, there are more step by steps of mine there's Zhou Xun, which is 6 steps but is more a style piece. Then there's is Al Pacino, Godfather 3 steps which is a simple painting. There are small techniques and skills for other things I can teach have a think and try another portrait and then I will have a look! Try one with out doing a lot use the white paper more as light, look up at this one see how, I've put on colour on the face I allowing you the viewer to see what they want to see. Keep going have another go keep it simple though. Good luck, I will finish this one then Paint a few more.