I’m working on a whole body piece from this picture in mixed media. But am pretty happy with this close up of the face. Probably won’t put the bigger piece up here for a while, since I’m hoping to get a chance to show it first.

I’ve been experimenting with a new medium since Christmas. Higher quality oil pastels using my old oil painting brushes and turpentine to blend. The first couple got kind of muddy, but it’s starting to get better especially since I started spending more time on the under drawing. Here is one of the first couple I’ve done, a picture of Baby E and Baby L playing together: