Head Hunting

I am so excited to be taking a head painting class this term at BYU. Portraiture is something I've always loved, so having an excuse to just paint the head is simply wicked!
For the first week we did imprimatura. Here is a study I did of my little sister right after she got out of bed:

We just finished doing the Zorn palette, which is where you only use Cad Red, Yellow Ochre, Black, and White. To practice, I copied one of Fechin's paintings. Here's Fechin's:

Here's mine:

Perhaps I took some liberties with the colors, but I think I captured the spirit of it, more or less. 

More heads to come in the future!