Thin face with words and lights

This is a current painting in-process. It's large format, I think around 32 x 40.


It's a composite of two sketches -- the face alone I did recently, and the background is from a much older sketch. That sketch was done from a photo I took in NY years ago, with a waiter in the foreground, and the menu and lights blurred and creating an interesting background.


I have been using a thin, dry brush technique for this, and kind of like the airy, sheer feeling of it.


It needs a little more paint and depth to be interesting, and yet, I'm reluctant to add more paint and risk losing the current feel of it.