Project 2269: New Expressionist Portrait Painting
This in-progress page is for all regular Members of my website. Here you’ll find all fresh-from-the-studio progress reports on Project 2269, including in-progress photos and the artist’s thoughts and comments as he creates the art. (For more detailed and more timely reports, plus videos, upgrade to Premium Content.)
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The updates below are in reverse chronological order, so the most recent is on top. To start from the beginning, go to the bottom of the page.
5. Project 2269: Final painting session
November 28, 2025
In this final painting session, it all comes together: the face, the hair, the background. The painting is finished! You can see it now in the Collector Preview Gallery (button below), and for a few days it’ll be available at a pre-release discount for subscribers only.
4. Project 2269: Starting to add color
November 27, 2025
In this session I’m painting most of the colors that will define the face.
3. Project 2269: First painting session
November 26, 2025
Here are some screenshots showing the beginning of the actual painting. First I cover the pencil underdrawing with an acrylic wash, then I outline the drawing with black acrylic paint.
2. Project 2269: Drawing onto the Canvas
November 25, 2025
Here are some screenshots showing how I began the painting, by sketching with pencil onto the canvas.
1. Project 2269: Expressionist Portrait of Asian Male
November 24, 2025
I’m starting a new acrylic portrait, an Expressionist rendition from a photo of a handsome Asian guy. Here you see the source photo and the first pencil sketch.