Okay, so I’ve been in this portrait class for six weeks now, and my portraits are improving. I can see, though, why it takes more than six weeks to learn several new mediums and become a good potrait artist (not to mention I’m trying to develop my own pen and ink portrait technique). Art is hard! But it’s fun, and a lot better in the instant gratification department than recording songs (2 hours anywhere for a piece of art vs. 8 hours or more in front of a computer for a song). Anyway, here are some portraits from my most recent class as well as a painting (my first painting in 20 years!) I did last night for fun, to try out my new watercolor set (click thumbnails for the biggies or click here for the images on Flickr).