Oil Sketch on Watercolor Paper

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All of this talk recently about paper has infected me as well. Below is a demonstration of an oil sketch of my daughter Eva at 4

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I

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Working from a reference photo, the drawing is blocked in using burnt umber and developed until the contrast is dark and strong.

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If I were painting a more formal portrait I

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Before I start

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Building up the dry underdrawing in white is the most difficult and time consuming stage of the portrait. In this case, I

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If I were a teacher I

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Rembrandt used very thick lead-based white paint ground to his specifications at the local molenaar (miller). I

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While I

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Looking carefully at my daughter from life, (it