Nikki
Young woman with a crimson background to highlight her lips, mouths express mood, from glee to misery. Be easy on yourself and choose the closed kind when drawing. The corners of the mouth create a shape called a pit that keeps the mouth from looking flat on your paper. I look to make sketches that are fresh and full of spontaneous expression. Perfection is not reflective of the human state, so trying to paint it is a pointless task. In any case, portraiture is a sensitive area and raises too many critics.