On the above project, I discovered painting with a pallet knife and am quite smitten with the texture it creates. The subject is Neil Patrick Harris and I only very loosely followed the haiku project guidelines as shown only in the sizes of the canvas (smaller, larger, smaller; 5, 7, 5 referring to the syllables in haiku lines).
What I personally think I need to improve upon most is the face and I also intend to improve the suit. I generally aim for an accurate rendering and here he looks a bit too much like a caricature. I chose the subject because I admire and respect him tremendously and so I do intend to work over him once the painting has dried. I feel that the background is much better than the foreground.
Through this painting I began learning more about painting skin tones and it shows that I'm still learning. Overall the piece is more warm than cool and this is mostly because I prefer using reds. In the future I will work more to keep a balance.
