This is the figurative piece where I posted the reference photo for critique.
Honestly I hope it shows well, but for some reason I saw the post where Marvin was telling Will his skin color palette and it just clicked for me. My first pass on this, I was so excited about the skin tones I fired it off via e-mail to Bill Whitaker whose workshop I am attending this month (sweaty palms just thinking about it). He thought it was a leap in skin color with oils for me too.
It has been through at least 4 changes.
The link for the reference critique is:
Figurative Prayer
I can't believe how distorted the digital image was that I posted initially, hopefully this one is better and you will look again. You might need to hit your refresh key.