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Highing up with white
Hello Scott,
Thank you for posting some of your beautiful portraits and for the lengthy explainations you have given on this site. I have learned a lot from you already.
I have been working with the underpainting and glazing method for a while, but I have a lot to work out. My question for you is about the "highing up with white" on the underpainting. Perhaps I have missed something, but why not just paint the white when you are painting the underpainting with raw umber and white? I use raw umber and titanium white, perhaps it's because you want to use a more transparent white? Hmm, did I just answer my own question, is that the reason? If it is, could you explain why layering transparent white is more desirable than just globbing on opaque white. Guess that gets back to giving the painting depth? I will have to experiment with this. I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on this.
On another note, I lived in the Netherlands for 2 years from 1998-2000. We lived near Den Haag. It was a wonderful experience and I studied under an excellent portrait painter in Den Haag. But I do not miss the cold weather!
Dank U Viel (I hope that's close to thank you)
Joan
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