Joe Foss update

The colour figure has been added. Still need to put the gunsight in.

Joe Foss WIP Update

I re-worked the canopy frame as the rivets were incorrect. Started on the image of Joe as well with a pencil study to use as a model for the colour figure.

Joe Foss WIP

Inspired by Roy Grinnell's fabulous portrait of Joe Foss, this is the progress so far on my own interpretation of the same subject. When I came across a great reference of a Wildcat, albeit in black & white, I couldn't resist trying my own portrait of Joe. I wanted to portray Joe in the cockpit of his Wildcat with a tropical backdrop of, what else, Guadalcanal of course. Oil Pastel on Canson board..

Pearl Harbor P-40 Colour Version

The completed pastel. This medium really gives a toothy texture especially on the Canson paper. Up close it's fairly rough but it comes together nicely at a distance.