I've just started using Corel Painter X, and I thought it was time I tried painting something, and moving on from just random mark-making.

I thought copying from a master would be a good way to learn - I can concentrate on learning the tools rather than grappling with my own colours and composition.
I just finished an essay featuring Rembrandt, so I have a beautiful book of his work sitting next to me, and one self-portrait appealed to me, so I'm copying a section of it. (I will post the reference along with the final version).

Now, this is just my quickly laying in most of the colours - I haven't payed any attention to the surface quality yet, but I'm going to try to make it look as much like an oil painting as I can. I chose Rembrandt because of his wonderful brushstrokes, completely different to the way I've worked before, and that's what I'll be focusing on.


Also, I realise that all my submissions are very brown. That won't be for much longer.