ALL SMILES goes down as my first ever double portrait.

As with all my previous aquarelle faces, the process is quite tedious and agonisingly slow. Each minute detail, each tone and especially the subject's gaze have to be faithfully reproduced on paper. However, any artist may confirm that the hardest thing is managing to 'breath life' and energy into the drawn face.

In this case, the strange feeling is that on completion of the first portrait the challenge starts all over again. Indeed, I learnt that this can be quite risky because one mistake may result in the loss of both subjects!

Nevertheless, I am very pleased with the outcome... especially the way that reflected light falls on the girl's cheek!

Keith Balzan

 

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