Comments on: Portrait Attempt http://www.idleminutes.com/2007/05/portrait-attempt/ An Illustrated Journal Featuring The Artwork of Don West Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Don West http://www.idleminutes.com/2007/05/portrait-attempt/#comment-408 Don West Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:48:48 +0000 http://idleminutes.com/2007/05/07/portrait-attempt/#comment-408 Hi Chris, Thanks for commenting! I think likenesses are one of the hardest skills to attain. I've not gotten close enough to even tell which I do better, myself or others. :-) Hi Chris,
Thanks for commenting!
I think likenesses are one of the hardest skills to attain.
I’ve not gotten close enough to even tell which I do better, myself or others. :-)

]]> By: Chris http://www.idleminutes.com/2007/05/portrait-attempt/#comment-409 Chris Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:43:54 +0000 http://idleminutes.com/2007/05/07/portrait-attempt/#comment-409 I've drawn people/faces most of my life. Definitely gotten better over the years. My landscape skills need some work, however. In any case, I find it's harder to draw a good likeness of myself than of just about anyone else. :) I’ve drawn people/faces most of my life. Definitely gotten better over the years. My landscape skills need some work, however. In any case, I find it’s harder to draw a good likeness of myself than of just about anyone else. :)

]]> By: Don http://www.idleminutes.com/2007/05/portrait-attempt/#comment-407 Don Tue, 08 May 2007 02:06:49 +0000 http://idleminutes.com/2007/05/07/portrait-attempt/#comment-407 Ya know, you have a point there Karen. And I will do more people. Like all the other subjects, you get better with practice. Isn't it funny how people are so hard though? The likeness is illusive. Thanks for commenting! Ya know, you have a point there Karen. And I will do more people. Like all the other subjects, you get better with practice.

Isn’t it funny how people are so hard though? The likeness is illusive.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: karen Sandstrom http://www.idleminutes.com/2007/05/portrait-attempt/#comment-406 karen Sandstrom Tue, 08 May 2007 01:53:54 +0000 http://idleminutes.com/2007/05/07/portrait-attempt/#comment-406 Well, I must dissent. I think aging is, as they say, better than the alternative. Though the symptoms of aging are sometimes a bit of a challenge - like portraiture, I might add. I cannot say about the likeness, but I think it's a pretty nice sketch. For instance, the glasses like really perched on their perch there. In any event, definitely do more people (even more versions of yourself). I think it's always interesting. And yes, it's always a challenge. Well, I must dissent. I think aging is, as they say, better than the alternative. Though the symptoms of aging are sometimes a bit of a challenge - like portraiture, I might add. I cannot say about the likeness, but I think it’s a pretty nice sketch. For instance, the glasses like really perched on their perch there. In any event, definitely do more people (even more versions of yourself). I think it’s always interesting. And yes, it’s always a challenge.

]]> By: Don http://www.idleminutes.com/2007/05/portrait-attempt/#comment-405 Don Mon, 07 May 2007 19:01:27 +0000 http://idleminutes.com/2007/05/07/portrait-attempt/#comment-405 Hi Lindsay, That is precisely why I stopped using oil pastels...too dang heavy! :-) And yes, aging does suck (and wheeze and moan and...) Hi Lindsay,
That is precisely why I stopped using oil pastels…too dang heavy! :-)
And yes, aging does suck (and wheeze and moan and…)

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