Here's Zak and Eric, Zak playing and Eric watching hoping to get his turn. This photo was taken at Younger Daughter's home on Christmas Day, 2013. I immediately love the way the light catches the boys faces and hands. There's shadow areas which are not so easy to define and there is a golden reflection of light on the keyboard which is a matt black color underneath the glow.
So here's my interpretation so far. I cleaned up the background to give full focus on the playing of the music. In life there is lotsa texture and paint on this canvas. Looks like I need more highlights on Zak's face and shirt and also on Eric. I didn't want to do too much highlighting on Eric as I felt he would become a white blob but as I see it now, a lighter value of his skin color would work only using a small bit of white where the lightest light is. This is an oil so I am going to let the paint settle for a few days before attempting more.
Gosh, I just don't breathe correctly when doing these...too close to realism I think.
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