Jan 22nd: Acrylic on Canvas

I know what you're thinking. "Who's the asian kid?" That, my friend, is a good question. I started painting the baby in the portrait and somehow ended up with a cute little asian kid. What in the world? How did I do that??? Well, my theory is that I was painting too much without referring constantly to the photograph. Sometimes I'll paint what I think is there or what I think should be there instead of painting what's actually there. This messes everything up. Stupid brain. So, his nose and eyes are too narrow. His mouth might need to be wider as well... Mostly the nose though. The nose is wrong and therefore makes the mouth look crooked. Oi. If I widen the nose and round out the eyes, I think that this cute little asian kid could be the right ethnicity. Haha. I don't know why this painting is giving me so much grief. The one before it went pretty smoothly. Regardless, I shall push on and fix it! The painting must be done before or on January 31st so in the next few days I'm gonna rock it. Next post, I'll have the baby corrected and hopefully have started on the little girl. After this painting is finished, I'm going to try oil paint. It might be easier to get the right colors and shades with oil than acrylic. This is what my father tells me anyway.