A Pastel Work in Progress??

"Ol' What's His Name"

(on a boat on Blue Mesa Reservoir, CO.)

6 3/4" x 9"

pastel on blue Canson paper

Surprised by the title?  This is a pastel, 

that I felt done with...when showed to the person of who it is... 

DH of course, he tells me it's not him.

Well, as far as I see it - IT IS!!

If you know him, maybe you can leave a message 

below of what YOU see as

the issue.  He says his nose is wrong..I say it isn't.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - but

I guess I see the beauty differently.  

I see the purple is reading wrong around the ear, 

so I will fix that by toning it down - muting it some.  

Photos can be so truthful in some cases.

I love painting BRIGHT sun photos with pastel, 

there are so many good choices on color matching.  

So if it never makes it to the approval mode, 

I am OK with that - 

it was a 'portraiture in pastel' lesson

for ME.