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I wanted to post my limited progress thus far. I went very dark with the background. I ended up lightening it a tad and darkening his clothing with the background to our left.
I worked on the "lit" edge of his face to but am not sure if I took it far enough. I also worked on the nose, check, eye and lip suggestions. I have not touched his hairline or hair and ears yet.
The value is much darker than the shadow of his face, Tom. I started before you posted, but I kind of like it! It is a mixture of the "eggplant" kind of color in his clothing with Prussian blue. Hopefully Peggy can jump in here and lead us to that background thread.
An interesting thing I have noticed is, the more I am working on this canvas (which is a pre-stretched and primed Belgium linen, which I re-primed and sanded with at least 2 or 3 more coats of gesso), is really starting to feel like I am painting on a trampoline. I have never figured out how to get the stretcher tighteners to work that are attached to the canvas backs. Any ideas?
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