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April 19, 2006
Back in amongst the flake white
Mixed up a mess of Flake White today and cut it with a bit of Genuine Rose Madder and a bit of Naples Yellow. Lots of turpentine [genuine o' course] made it thin and quite transparent, so I could wipe through to the previous tones. I worked some French Ultramarine/Alizarin Crimson into the lines and dry brushed some Cadmium Red Deep into some of the shadows.
Things are looking up. It's looking a bit different. And maybe, just maybe, a little bit like what I have in my head. Though it's a fine line. Shaved heads and pale skin tones have a morbidity that I'm not looking for. I can do rosy-sitting-in-front-of-the-log-fire skin tones all too easily. I want to get pale-fragile-vulnerable without going corpse or cancer victim, and that’s tricky.
Posted by john at April 19, 2006 10:55 PM