Exasperation

Here is a new version of the painting I posted yesterday (same post as this). I'm still not crazy about it, but it is better than yesterday at least. The turban no longer looks like a sombrero and so I don't feel like I'm looking at a painting of Pancho Villa.



I'm still going to need to rework the sleeve and maybe the pants - but I don't want to get too involved in them or it will become realistic. We have a critique on Monday, so it will be interesting to hear what Clea (my teacher) and the class have to say. I may have to adjust the angle of the building a bit. I don't like the way it rises, although in terms of composition I would prefer the line not be parallel to the bottom of the picture.



(Post from yesterday) This is not improving - I hate the pants, I keep trying to get the colors down to indicate the dust of war, but ...! I know I don't want to paint realistically, yet that is all I seem to be able to do and when I try not to (like here) I get a bad version of paint by numbers! Oh well, just keep on working on it, I guess! Eventually it will come!