Loosening up with a Portrait

Hi All, Haven't posted in a while. As a matter of fact, I haven't even painted in a few weeks. So yesterday I got back on the horse, with my palette & brush and away I went. Started with a small figure piece. I want back into it today and well, you've heard the saying "One step forward, two steps back". Well, that's what I did. Then, needing to keep going, I decided to play around with something loose, a palette knife portrait. Haven't done an actual portrait in ages so I timidly started to sketch with paint. Well, the paint felt great on the brush and spread like soft butter, so I just kept going. It seems that I've been fighting paint consistency for a while. But I didn't do anything different. It just seened to be more fun tonight. Maybe it was because I didn't expect to finish this but just play around with the paint. So success or not, I enjoyed the process. Here ya go!