Another great model. I think he told me that he's recently retired and started a second career as an artist's model, and this was one of his first jobs.
You might not be able to tell from this painting, but I've started to feel like I've turned a corner with this painting and the last one. The drawing is coming a lot easier. I'm starting to be able to get a pretty good likeness without so many initial wrong turns, and the model liked this painting, which made me overly pleased with myself.
I think I'm doing better work because I'm concentrating harder. Up until this painting, I've done mostly joyriding with a paintbrush in hand and then tried to fix up the worst mistakes. I've switched my working method over to telling myself "Pay Attention! Pay attention. Pay Attention!" and have tried to be more deliberate.
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