More recently I have been working on a few commissioned portraits and despite a return to traditional work I can still feel a little rusty and somewhat apprehensive before undertaking work for others. That's why I do little warm up practice paintings or drawings before getting into the real piece, it allows me to make those early starting off mistakes without comprising the commissioned piece and helps me form guidelines with what to do and not to do. The top one is a coloured pencil sketch, the bottom is a watercolour practice, I try to do them right but keep it small in size and quick in time (about 30mins), its also important just to get it done and use that momentum in the actual commissioned piece.
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