Josh Nicholas
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  • Portrait number 37. Screwed up the hair shape a little but can see improvement in lifting out highlights. The trick is using toilet paper rather than (coarser) kitchen paper :)

    β†’ 8:32 AM, Mar 24
  • Portrait # 36. Had to make up for the horror show this morning. Starting to get a bit more used to lifting out highlights as I go

    β†’ 6:32 PM, Mar 23
  • Running really late so a bit of a cop out with this morning’s portrait. Ghoulish skin, sausage fingers and cauliflowers everywhere. This is number 35

    β†’ 8:02 AM, Mar 23
  • Portrait #34. Screwed this one up by going over with fountain pen lines πŸ€”

    β†’ 8:09 AM, Mar 22
  • Portrait #33. Not too happy with it. Been trying to figure out how to blend layers better so I don’t get such hard lines. This paper isn’t the best for moving paint around, but also I can’t quite figure out the timing πŸ€”

    β†’ 8:40 AM, Mar 21
  • Todays portrait. Number 32. Another attempt at painting Minoli

    β†’ 8:20 AM, Mar 20
  • Today - for the first time in years - I wandered around a bookshop trying to find something to read. I have a “to read” list in the hundreds, so I’m usually searching for something specific. This was great and makes me want to ditch the list

    β†’ 1:02 PM, Mar 18
  • This mornings portrait! Number 31. Trying to see if I can experiment more with warm and cool colours to add value range

    β†’ 9:05 AM, Mar 17
  • Portrait number 30! That’s one sketchbook half filled with portraits. Hopefully the next one won’t be so easy to cauliflower

    β†’ 6:14 AM, Mar 17
  • Almost caught up! Portraits 28 and 29. These two didn’t really work. I’m still trying to figure out highlights/range of values with darker skin

    β†’ 6:02 PM, Mar 16
  • More and more stories about people exonerated after years in prison/on death row. Yet I don’t really see increased doubt or reticence among politicians, or arguments our systems need a rethink www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

    β†’ 3:23 PM, Mar 16
  • Portrait number 27! Wasn’t patient enough to wait for it to properly dry between layers

    β†’ 12:05 PM, Mar 16
  • Finally finished the big glob of Quinacridone Rose that was on my mixing tray! Can start playing with more colours πŸ˜…

    β†’ 7:49 AM, Mar 16
  • Still trying to use up some of the colours in my palette! Portraits 25 and 26

    β†’ 7:22 AM, Mar 16
  • Portrait 24! Probably the most convincing shading to create volume, so far. Although I went a bit too far on the neck

    β†’ 5:53 AM, Mar 15
  • Portraits 22 and 23. Still unsure how to handle closed eyes

    β†’ 9:29 PM, Mar 14
  • Just going to race through a bunch of portraits in the middle that I’m not too happy with. 14-21. This is the issue with painting one genre over and over πŸ˜…

    β†’ 7:20 AM, Mar 14
  • Couple more portraits (12 and 13): these are two from Flickr. Hoping more monochrome portraits helps with improving values

    β†’ 9:34 PM, Mar 13
  • Starting to suspect the colour lights next to the train station is timed so that we always miss the train

    β†’ 11:02 AM, Mar 12
  • Portrait no 11 is of my wife Minoli. Probably one of the closest likenesses I’ve achieved but still not quite right πŸ€”

    β†’ 7:56 AM, Mar 12
  • This is my favourite of the portraits so far. Number 10. My great uncle again. Feel like I captured some of his weird mix of playfulness and seriousness

    β†’ 12:40 PM, Mar 11
  • Portraits 8 and 9: my Great Uncle came to visit. This whole portrait project actually started because I wanted to paint him a portrait but struggled to get a likeness

    β†’ 8:02 AM, Mar 11
  • Getting a bit better at using the white of the page. Wonky fingers, though. Portraits 5, 6 and 7.

    β†’ 10:00 PM, Mar 10
  • Really not a fan of the paper in this journal, but pressing on. Portraits 3 and 4

    β†’ 5:56 PM, Mar 10
  • So, last month I started a project to fill two journals with watercolour portraits. Roughly ~120 portraits 😬 Here are 1 and 2

    β†’ 5:51 PM, Mar 10
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