Yeah, the Strasburg is still in-progress as well...and have no fear, the coloring and tones on his face are merely the initial layers and colors. I will be adding more browns and reds in there to "liven" things up a bit. For whatever reason, companies don't sell flesh toned color watercolor paints, so it's a constant battle to play around with the reds, whites, browns, etc. to find the right "mix" for each person. Obviously each and every person has different skin tones, and I do my best to capture each. Thanks to everyone for the compliments on the Harper and Strasburg pieces, I sincerlely appreciate it! I'll do my best to post updated pics for both as they are available. The Strasburg piece I actually have something special in mind, as once the figure portion is completed, I am going to cut it out and mount it, and then paint a background on canvas and attach his figure to this canvas...giving a sort of 3d effect.
And to answer someone's post from earlier...a piece around this size in watercolors runs around $200 - depending on the number of images, materials required, etc. If anyone's interested, send me a message, as I'm always happy to take on new commissions. I'll also post a pic of a painting I donated to the ziMS Foundation this past fall (2010). I will have prints available for this painting very soon! And sorry for the delay in replaying to the posts...for some reason I guess I forgot to click the "notify me of replies" box.