My dad, Terry Stewart, and I recently decided to experiment with a portrait collaboration. A few years ago, my sister and I introduced him to charcoal, and he's been drawing portraits ever since. When I asked him what his favorite part of portrait drawing was, he said the clothing and accessories. That surprised me, because that's my least favorite part of drawing a portrait. I enjoy drawing the face, especially the eyes, and the face is actually my dad's least favorite part!

 

So, naturally, I wondered what it'd be like for us to split up a task of drawing a portrait - I would draw the face and he could finish it out by drawing the clothes. Below are the results of our experiments.