Frans 9x12 acrylic on canvas

When I paint in acrylic my style completely changes and I'm not sure why. It might be that the colors are "edgier", I have trouble mixing them, and they dry a shade or two darker. I paint faster because they dry fast, and by that I mean they get kind of sticky, but they don't dry completely until the next day so you have to wait to see if you like it. Frans has such distinct, chiseled features that they just begged to be painted and I did, albeit, from a photograph taken in 1985. And the eyes were fun to paint - I love to do eyes. I have to thank Tyler Norman, a portrait painter and very good friend I've studied with for my success with eyes - she is a master.