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Trying oils again

One of the plants from the kitchen window.  Oil on board.
This is the underpainting for something smaller than those portraits I was working on.  Needed a break from doing the usual.  It’s a little too hot to be painting in the garage, but like exercise, I’ll keep putting it off unless I just do it [...]

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2008 06 20 painting Comments (0)

28 -Starting niece’s portrait

Just started blocking in shapes with a filbert brush that was probably too big for facial detail. It felt really nice to paint on canvas again; it’s been a few years.
I’m trying out of of those Masterson Stay Wet palettes, and so far, it’s working nicely except that I forgot to squeeze out extra [...]

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2008 04 28 painting Comments (0)