For this portrait, I used a photograph taken last Christmas. I used 140 lb paper which allows paint to be layered, over-washed and, to some extent, washed out. I began marking out tones and outlines with a purplish mix of ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and burnt umber. Then I moved on to skin tones using cadmium red, cadmium yellow and a hint of burnt sienna. |