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Colors
The robe was painted two or three times. I like my darks to be thin and very dark and for them to recede, but each coat was opaque - the brighter spots are pretty thick.
The skins tones were really easy because when my son was not before me I could use my own hands etc for color checks. There's not much distance from the picture plane to the nose-if you know what I mean. I use so many colors that i frankly loose track but some of those reds were the new "quint." rose and cad red light. I don't use the heavy earthy reds much. one of the best recent aids for me has been lots of good brushes in many sizes - mostly Trekell these days - sables and badger hair. I blended a lot with a prefectly clean brush at crucial spots.
The robe too was hanging around for color checks all the time. The rocks were carried upsatirs and painted from life and were not light. The rocks are really impasto.
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