I've made numerous attempts to draw my husband but he is frustratingly difficult to draw. He has the impression that he is less bald than he is and less jowly too. I chose only to return to this subject only because the Musee D'orsay impressionists are in Oz and a self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh was featured in posters everywhere. Vincent has a beard and my hubby has chosen to grow a goatee recently to make up for his lack of hair.
As we all know, I'm no Vincent but an attempt in his style would be a learning experience.
Unfortunately Vincent had a full head of hair which lent interest where my subject lacked. It is a reasonable likeness of hubby although he is not as sombre in real life. Of course I was not aiming to capture his essential personality, rather just imitating a style.
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