[Muhammad Sida]

I'll be working on the 1st painting later. I've decided to start a new one that I'll be updating on a regular basis....I've been busy with other freelance projects but now I've managed to take sometime for myself....ISA I'll be posting many other Bouguereau studies on this thread, I have decided to study his paintings, It was a little guessing game I used to play with myself in my head without practical application, but now I think is as a good a time as any.

I started this one as I did the other from a high quality print of the painting, only this time I used canvas. The yellow of the canvas is cold pressed linseed oil applied thinly and left to dry, then I applied a thin glaze of burnt umber/burnt sienna and some yellow ochre. After that I used turpentine very few, just enough to dampin my brush and then started to lay in the main masses/areas of the painting. 2nd stage I started to paint in secoundary details with burnt umber, burnt sienna & some yellow ochre.

When that stage was done I left it to dry then applied another thin glaze of burnt umber and then started painting with Flake white...I used very little/no medium at this stage, It was all about brush pressure and the thin layer of burnt umber beneath.

Here are the progress pictures