I have been asked to paint all three of a client's children, and am really happy with how the portraits are coming out. All of the reference photos have toothy smiles, so I'm getting more and more practice doing teeth and can declare that I no longer have a "no teeth" policy. :)
I gessoed the panel with an unbleached titanium color gesso. I liked the brown/taupe overall look of it and was even thinking that the dark underpainting on the hat and shirt should be left alone to provide a contrast in texture with the rest of the painting. In the end I decided against it, because the other two portraits have colorful backgrounds, so I needed to keep them more visually consistent.
This is oil paint on an mdf panel.
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