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Rochelle Brown · 05-27-2003, 06:59 PM

Hi Mari,

Thanks for posting the scan. You can see it looks somewhat darker and much richer than my reproduction. I used a picture from a book that my grandmother gave to me as a child. The biggest lesson seemed to be layers. This painting and another Rembrandt that I worked on at that time are like puzzle pieces of layered glazes that have to be placed one after another in the correct order. Another big lesson was mixing colors. There was lots of burnt umber, mixed with yellow light and yellow medium, cadmium red and alizarin crimson. Somehow it worked. I used up a whole can of turpentine cleaning my brushes which are now completely frizzed. Also, I was able to lock myself up in a room for hours and frequently look at my work in a mirror.

The compassion of his eyes still haunts me.

05-27-2003, 06:59 PM	#3
Rochelle Brown Associate Member Joined: Feb 2002 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 166	Hi Mari, Thanks for posting the scan. You can see it looks somewhat darker and much richer than my reproduction. I used a picture from a book that my grandmother gave to me as a child. The biggest lesson seemed to be layers. This painting and another Rembrandt that I worked on at that time are like puzzle pieces of layered glazes that have to be placed one after another in the correct order. Another big lesson was mixing colors. There was lots of burnt umber, mixed with yellow light and yellow medium, cadmium red and alizarin crimson. Somehow it worked. I used up a whole can of turpentine cleaning my brushes which are now completely frizzed. Also, I was able to lock myself up in a room for hours and frequently look at my work in a mirror. The compassion of his eyes still haunts me. __________________ www.portraitsbyrochelle.homestead.com [email protected]