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Originally Posted by Adriano Maggi
"It's actually not a glaze technique at all... I don't use glazes. If you see an original of mine, you will notice that it's thick paint."
Hi Tony
I tried to understand your procedure. In the John Smith's painting you can see very easily the sandy color under the grey blu sweater.
So how would you call this effect? not a glaze? what 's driping on the right side?turpentine? ....then ...It seems there is a color (as I saw in a photo of yours while you paint a woman ) that pervades all the face. And a light drawing made by burnt Sienna. I think this should be the first approach.
Adriano
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Ok, what you are seeing that is dripping is a wash that used for the backround using the Mayer medium (5 parts turp, 1 part stand oil, 1 part Damar Varnish) and Transparent Oxide Red and Ultramarine Blue, and black... this gives you a DEEP, rick black in the background.
you saw a general tone i put over the face when i paint Alla Prima, I follow Richard Schmid's technique but I do more form building in the begining than he does. Mainly because he can get the form and the edges all in one stroke... he's a Master at age 70.... I have about 38 years to catch up to him.
T