Ptolemaio

Although, I might just pop by and +fav some of your good pieces.

It seems that I've accomplished some of the goals that I wrote down in my previous journal... It is almost a year ago, please, do ignore that. In fact I am a lousy journalwriter. Or rather, writer in general. Still. I've sharpened a few techniques, specially realistic faces. Altough, they're not completely realistic yet. I'll keep working on real life paintings or sketches sooner or later. I am amazed how I have the time to actually sit down and focus on a piece of art at the moment. Some weekends is all I've got. Usually, and actually that's not even garanteed. If Autumn Was A Date really became something big, I am truly grateful for all

So, I've been trying for a short while now, to paint something realistic! I got all psyched up by watching all these extraordinary watercolour portraits spread all around on DeviantArt. Not to mention my ''harmless'' obsession for Romaine Brooks. Her dark-themed-graytoned-realistic-though-surrealistic paintings never cease to put my mind in a state of unusual fascination. Especially her selfportrait. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/caitlynnia/Romaine_Brooks_-_Self-Portrait_1923.jpg It's still quite frustrating though, because obviously I'm not that skillful at doing realistic shadows on humans. My strokes aren't that bad, it's actu