folds of skin and the relationship of fat, muscle and bone in regards to how it affects the appearance of skin.
This month, I did Alex's back and my grandfather's face. I've been doing pretty obvious folds - the fat under the boobs, creases where there are joints, etc, so I thought I would develop pieces that showed relationships that were more subtle and relied a little less on fat - aka muscle/bone and sagging old person skin. I also worked on a couple things that I needed more of in my concentration - males (I tripled the amount of males in my concentration!), heads (though now I suppose I should do some female heads), and color (in my gramps).
I feel like the top one is done, and I really like how it turned out. I have never worked with charcoal, except on the rare life drawing, so it took some getting used to, but it was just like prettier, darker, messier graphite.
The bottom one is not done. There isn't really a composition, but I guess I'll leave it like that. I'm not planning on doing any more backround. I need to find myself a detail brush (I couldn't finish it because I was working with a brush that was too big for the glasses and eyes). I need to finish the eye, glasses, and ear, but once I finish them I'll call it done. It looks like him, and I like the colors and some of the shading, but I don't feel as though it is as successful as the first.
