Here are the first
thin mixtures of oil.
This looks dashed
on , but I really am
carefully mixing
colors and thinking
warm and cool.
This is still the
same "sitting" and
I am now at a
point where I want
to leave them dry
and come back
another day. If I
don't I may end up
with "mud" - as oil
paints do mix on
the canvas easily
and I want to keep
my colors clean.
I am now starting to refine
some of the features, but
still keeping in mind the
areas I really want to keep
important- connecting the
baby to his daddy.
Today I spent a lot
of time with the
values and colors
in the shadows.
This is one of the
hardest things to
do and takes a lot
of thought and
mixing.
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