My Latest Goal: Do More Portrait Art (again)

So I need to make more stuff. Lol. Story of my life. Coming out of yet another rut. Or I could characterize it as a trough before a great crest. Right, isn’t that more of a growth mindset? So, I’m here to say, I’ll be making more portraits.

Here is the most recent example from my sketchbook. I posted the progress video on:

This rough portrait took me about 25 minutes. From pencil sketch all the way til I ruined it with extra ink. Luckily I took photos and ended the videos before that happened.

Sometimes, I’ll be grabbing inspiration for future portraits from the Sktchy / Museum app as usual. In that app, a ton of people post their images. They hope someone will use that image for portrait practice! I love the images that are clear with high contrast!

I think I’ll also be doing celebrity portraits. I hate doing this because I don’t have specific rights to the photos I use as reference. BUT, in the past, using a popular celebrity image drives up the likes & follows. Comment if you’d like to see any of your favorite celebrities painted! 🖤

I enjoy making portraits. I always think, people, pets, & plants. So much character and observation.

If you’ve made it this far in my post – I’m also still open to practice with your photos (pets are cool too)! Email me @ Gemma@mosslike.com 🖤 If I like the photo you send me, I’ll do a free practice portrait of it. Thanks for reading!