Toni

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Tom Edgerton

Garth--

Really fine....simple, direct, great character.

I appreciate the progress views too: it's always nice to get a look at the process.

--Tom

Thanks so much Tom.

Well it's really only one progress view paired with the finish. This time I borrowed new member Richard Murdock's approach of drawing a grid on the canvas and generally locating points within that broad grid. The progress shot above shows the moment I managed to bury that grid from visibility; something I did as quickly as possible! That state above was perhaps a couple days into this portrait, and everything was essentially there, at least as a value hierarchy. Sometimes it's refreshing to try a different and simple approach.

Edit: It was not too intensive a grid: I think I spaced the squares about every three inches, which felt comfortably free but accurate enough, and very efficient for a quick mapping.

Garth