Day 13 - Josh - Lessons Learned

Day 13 - Josh - Lessons Learned

This past summer I went to Utah to visit my son James and help his wife Angela after surgery.

Josh, 3, and I took a drive into town and stopped at the town square in Tremonton where they had a very nice war memorial.

 

I snapped this pic of Josh as he looked at a giant statue of a soldier in front on a stone monument.

 

I struggled with this painting, I like it, 

but I'm also disappointed.

It doesn't look like Josh.

Josh had on a blue shirt in the original pic,

but it was just too much blue,

(that from a Kentucky fan)

so I changed it to red. 

One of the things I learned was you have to study your subject very closely.  I knew something was off, but couldn't figure it out.  Then I realized Josh's head was too small.

In the pic it was out over his shoulder more.

There's several problems with it still,

but I can't fix it.

It's still not signed, so maybe tomorrow,

but I have to move on to another figure/portrait painting.  

This is all new to me, so I have to call it done,

learn from it

and move on.

Those are my Lessons Learned from this painting.