This is the finished oil sketch done of my son Jim Dziura, an independent film maker and director in California. Jim stopped by last month for a visit and I got a couple of photos of him. The painting was started with a charcoal sketch on canvas and then through a series of washes and development I arrived at what I call a finished painting. I paricularily like the subtle use of color and the sketchy quality of the background drawing the viewers eye the face. The composition is unusual but I like it. Scroll down through the posts and pictures to see how it progressed from begining to end.