Ann's Colored Pencil News & Stuff!

Do you ever eat all the frosting first?  Probably not...because then all you're left with is cake, and cake is pretty dry without that sweet frosting...

Which is why I save the face till last in a portrait!  Let me explain...

My method for portraits is to finish the background, foreground, clothing, hands, feet and hair first, before working on the face, and here are all the reasons why:

Frosting First?

Do you ever eat all the frosting first?  Probably not...because then all you're left with is cake, and cake is pretty dry without that sweet frosting... Which is why I save the face till last in a portrait!  Let me explain... My method for portraits is to finish the background, foreground, clothing, hands, feet and hair first, before working on... View more