Portrait of Harold Addy

This is my A level exam piece. taken me around 13 hours to get to this stage. I really tried to capture his character in this painting. Other than the face I tried to keep it quite loose, half because of the time restraints and half because of my impatience. It was quite a strange experience painting a man who is such an important and loved figure in the local community and I felt quite a bit of responsibility to do a good job. I hope he likes it.

After 5 hours of struggle with this painting I sort of managed to redeem it during the last hour. I think I might give painting a miss next time we have a Saturday session and try something new. At least the eye looks quite good.

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