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Italian Madonna
Hi Enzie,
Alice has that very classic Greek, Italian look of the old Masters. Her heritage is Portuguese/Welsh, but has none of her father's Welsh look. It took a while to get the hand right, it had to look correct anatomically and still be supporting the baby gracefully. I had to change it some from the actual pose cause it just didn't look right as you noticed.
I can see already that I need to work more on JD's frenulum (under the nose). It's crooked.
I couldn't seem to stay with all conte in red tones. So decided to limit the pallette to all earth tones, very soft. Did some new things on this that were really fun. Michael, I used your stiff dry brush technique for blending. It was really painting with pastel! Thanks. I also used William Whitaker's kneaded eraser trick and actually felt like I was drawing with it. I had two brand new ones, never used one before. So, a gratifying experience all around. Thank, you Cynthia, for this Forum.
Jean
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