I may be too attached, when I can't finish a piece of art without scanning the intermediate stages. I suppose I'm afraid I'll blow it, here at least is a nice piece of art. I planned to start with a very light raw sienna skin tone and add shading, but doing that would probably lose definition around the eyes and nose, so I put down the dark raw umber eyebrows and eye liner. I thought that a wash of raw umber would be a background for the hair on which to lay lighter highlights. But got carried away with the umber brush strokes. Once the first bit of paint is applied the round point brush leaves a nice soft trail that looks like a tress of hair. I think this is a nice portrait just the way it is.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
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