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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Process

This time, I decided to try something a little different. I’d been reading that acrylics can work beautifully for an underpainting beneath oil paints, so I figured—why not? In my last oil portrait, I used oils from start to finish, including the underpainting, and it felt like I was waiting ages for each layer to dry. And since patience has never been my strongest virtue, I was ready for a better way.

Acrylic paints were used to begin the under painting process

And continued with acrylic until
everything was covered 

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