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Found the problem
Hi Michele,
Your comments about the amount of alizaren in my recent work led me to a search of "why". I work from print outs of my ref material. I cjecked them very closely, and compared to the actual photo on the computer. I discovered that all my print outs have been on the blue side. I tried today to adjust for this problem and it still didn't help. My husband tried some new ink, cheaper by far, but I believe that is the problem. We bought an older Imac (little raspberry one) and I'm going to start using that for my references instead of print outs. We're also going back to the right ink, no more cheap experiments.
In the meantime, I'm going to wipe this one out and start over. I love the subject, and the reference is actually quite good. I may paint it instead of pastel, haven't made my mind up yet.
Thank you so much for your observation, this would have helped immensly on my portrait of the young man. I'm so glad everyone made me look at the colors in his skin and advised me away from the violets and alizaren. He is properly golden and umber now!
Jean
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