A painting development

William Whitaker · 02-24-2005, 01:20 AM

I was cleaning out my compute files and came across these shots I took a couple of years ago. I thought they might be of use to my fan out there (you know who you are.)

I always paint in natural studio light

William Whitaker · 02-24-2005, 01:21 AM

By the end of the first session, (about two hours in this case) I

William Whitaker · 02-24-2005, 01:22 AM

The paint was dry by the second session. I scraped on the canvas with my very old, very sharp, painting knife to smooth the surface. Then I began to lay in another layer of paint, this time both thinner and more refined. The thinner second coat is much easier to blend.

William Whitaker · 02-24-2005, 01:23 AM

I began to really get serious about the likeness by the third session. I spent a long time refining the eyes, the mouth and the ear. It gets very boring to watch me paint at this stage

William Whitaker · 02-24-2005, 01:24 AM

Here is a larger shot of the head. I was about ready to give it a rest while I went to work on the rest of the painting. Unfortunately, my model and her husband moved to Virginia about this time (fled I think.) The painting was never completed.

William Whitaker · 02-24-2005, 01:25 AM

Here is a photo of my sitter. I took this shot to illustrate my light as part of an educational package I sent to somebody. I didn