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| My nephew, my model. I half expect my niece and nephew to run when they see me coming with a camera. |
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| Drawing |
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| Glaze of quin. burnt orange in the darkest shadows ... |
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| ... followed by a neutral grey of aureolin, pink and cobalt blue. I also started the eyes and lips. |
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| Began the hair with two grey-browns - one with aureolin, alizarin crimson and cobalt blue, the darker with orange, violet and indanthrone. My tray on the right has the colors ]cobalt blue and alizarin crimson]I used to build up the face colors. |
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| Added the blue to the shadow areas in a thin glaze and softened with a damp brush. I did the same with crimson for his cheeks, nose, chin and forehead. |
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| Started to look human at this point :) |
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| Once I finished his eyes and brows, I thought the portrait looked quite good [though not exactly like Julian]. |
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| This morning, I did a very thin wet wash with quin. violet and a bit of orange to warm it up. So far, so good ... I hope to get the black on there later today. It was such a pleasure to paint something just because I felt like it [not a commission, not something for a class demo]. Also, it gave me some ideas on how to go about painting the dog portrait. I enjoyed playing with this portrait more than I done in months!! Thank you for dropping by!! |
