The practice head, in the lying down position. That one was a brain teaser. I had to just look at it like mountains.

Underpainting stage

photo

He feels surly

I worked on it just at my Saturday class. So 3 hours a week, probably 6 weeks total

The pic I was using

Mostly underpainting

I had trouble with the eyes early on

Earlier step

Oil painting. I added the other pics I meant to post original. I was out waiting for an event to start, and thought I had time to post them all before it started but didn’t

Yeah, I take classes at a local art studio. They make most of their money from kids classes. But the guy who owns the studio is an amazing painter, in the style of the masters.

Early stage where the orange underpainting still shows.

This is oil painting. I started it about a year ago. This was I think my third completed painting.

Photo of the setup I used

Where in the world do you live? I had a front and back garden when I lived in DC.

My yard is mostly clovers now out in the Baltimore suburbs

It’s not a number that’s reported to the SEC or anything, just some internal nonsense.

When you work with an ai assistant, you’re a centaur. What the bosses want is a reverse centaur. That’s where you run N assistants all day long somehow just jumping in when there’s an issue or problem. That’s why they’re saying the savings should be at least 1. It’s just nonsense though. I rarely have 6 simultaneous problems to fix.

The charcoal powder massing in the shapes

before the pastel

I doubt you’re the only one with flowers in a 10 km radius

It’s the mandate. We’re required to log our “ai savings” time too. If it’s not 100% they question it and just edit the numbers anyway.

My favorite is when I copy paste the ai reviewer comments back to the ai author. I really feel like I’m earning my salary then.