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Portrait of Flash: New painting step 4
Nov 26, 2012
With the paint from the previous washes still wet I've started to apply the dark shadows using a mix of burnt sienna and ultramarine then I've applied a halftone right next to it. I thinned the paint just a little and applied it with a sable brush....
Portrait of Flash: New painting step 3
Nov 26, 2012
In this stage I've basically started the process of separating the shadow areas from the lit areas. I've done this with a thin wash of "faux umber", a mix of ultramarine, burnt sienna and yellow ochre applied very thinly. After that I put in some of the half tones in the lit areas to hel...
Starting a new painting
Nov 21, 2012
The start of a new painting. 24x30 in oil on Claessens #12DP. I've outlined the horse in Conte crayon so that I can play around with the design and get the drawing down very accurately before putting paint on the canvas. I've erased most of the lines I used to place the crit...