Here is the first painting in my year-long 100-portrait personal painting challenge. I want to paint very informally in these portraits, quickly sketching them out with paint and then mushing paint around until it looks about right. Or perhaps I will try out different painting approaches, such as making an imprimatura first? In this portrait, I took the paint mushing approach, as you can see in the video. The reference photo comes via the patreon of Bryce C Liston (thank you to Bryce and model Alisa). The painting itself took a little over an hour, but the video editing took more, including my soul. I will probably avoid this exact method of documentation in the future, which will make the painting part much more manageable, too.
8x6” heavyweight paper, twice gessoed and so darn dry. Next time I will add a coating of GAC100 to prevent so much soaking in of the oil paint. It's all an experiment!
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