I enjoy portraiture, though often they end up being more caricatures than perfect likenesses. This is a multi-format painting done with Japanese ink, watercolor, color pencil, pastel, and acrylic paints.  The subject is Carl Sagan in the middle of speaking to someone(s). Here is our pale blue dot the Earth and in the foreground, Mars.

Our Milky Way spreads its band composed of billions of stars, countless worlds, and endless wonders:

Pencil and ink outline
Pencil and ink outline
First layers of watercolor
First layers of watercolor
Watercolor washes complete
Watercolor washes complete
Planets painted in
Planets painted in