jmfletch

Thanks for taking the time to comment and encourage.

Thanks for support Joy. Messed up the size on the eye on the right in the drawing and tried to correct some in the inking after...

Thank you for the encouraging feedback. 👍🏽

Thank you Kay for the encouraging comments.

🤣😂🤣. Thanks jo, a positive shot to the artistic ego is appreciate!

Yes. Learning to plan and prep. That is novel for me. I also like creating colors on the palette. Mixing and blending to find the color...

Thank you CalAnn. The cigarette was one of the easiest parts. Touches of the same bluish gray as hair and a few squiggles with the pen...

Ha! I was just going to say how much I admire that cigarette ash, and CaliAnn beat me to it. :) You nailed that color and texture...

This turned out great! I love how the cigarette ash came out - beautiful work!

Very nice! Watercolor is not an easy medium for portraits. Shading and blending can be quite difficult for portraits. You handled it...

This is lovely work. Not only the face and the hat, but even the cigarette has been painted so well.

Very nice Joe

Gorgeous! I'm not brave enough to tackle a wc portrait in so many colours ... maybe I can start with a monochrome/one colour portrait ...

Quite a good job; this could have easily been overworked, but you controlled that beautifully. Watercolour can be so unforgiving-...

Balaji and snoball - Thank you both for the kind and encouraging comments. The support here is amazing.