Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Portrait 10/100









I thought the reference photo for this was so cool—a model with her portrait (or perhaps self portrait?). 

I started with an 8x10" gessoed mdf panel and made an underdrawing using transparent red oxide and some odorless mineral spirits (to help keep the white spaces white). Then I started quickly dabbing in the colors that I thought were right. The next day I fussed around with everything, adding more paint and trying to get the features right. This is a very white painting! The shirt is a warmer white and the background is a cooler white to differentiate the two somewhat. 





I thank Zuly Bustamante on the Museum by Sktchy app for the reference photo. When I get to the end of my yearlong challenge and I find myself short 1 portrait, then I will count this one as two!

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