[Chris Saper]

Step two:

After covering the canvas with a tone I quickly wiped out with a rag the area where the face would sit. While this involved a little drawing I was not concerned with details. Another advantage of wiping out is that I won't have wet paint thinner under an area that I'm trying to over paint. As you can see at the area where the forehead will be painted, I begin with the darkest part of the light. I begin with this value because, as I stated earlier, this is a value study. Value studies are often painted from the middle tones out much as Sargent would have done.