For portraits 12 & 13, I'm trying
a bit more of a radical palette.
Mixing a nice rich red using Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Red Light,
I "washed" the back ground/underpainting and began
to put my very darks on the "canvas"
(not actual canvas, it is Arches oil paper, in this case).
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| Lieutenant Seymour Frank |
The underpainting for this one soaked so deeply into the paper,
when I just wanted to stain it, that I almost tossed it!
It was a sample Winsor & Newton paint,
Pthalo Turquoise.
But I just left it and began putting lights on.
It turned into a strange little portrait, specially with the way his expression turned out!
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| Lieutenant John J Hildebrandt |
Ok, these were very interesting, and always a challenge.
Thank you for checking out this post! Let me know if you have any questions.
At the same time I have a painting going with a rather notable portrait ...
I'm pretty sure you would recognize the person. I might will probably intersperse
this project with that one. It keeps me going.
Yours in art,
🎨🎨🎨
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