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[Marina Dieul]

Hi,
I'm not sure the drawing was very exact, I didn't take the time to mesure: I just tried to paint as fast as I could. This session was only 2H10 mn...

[Sharon Knettell]

Marina,

All I can say is you one great eye for painting. I have to measure until my eyes are crossed.

What a great piece!

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Great! I liked it very much.
Tell me, how did you obtain those dark colors?

[Marina Dieul]

Thanks Sharon!
The more I work from life, the less I mesure. We always begin open studio with some 5 minute poses, so I have to draw fast without mesuring, and if we make a long pose after, I still draw quickly. I think it's becomming more instinctive.

Hi Bonfim,
I always use the same limited palette : Flake white, yellow ochre, terra rosa, indian red, raw umber, ultramarine, carmine, and very few black. The background is raw umber with ultramarine ( eyebrows too), and the flesh tones are a mix of yellow ochre, terra rosa, and raw umber + white, (and + carmine for the nose and cheekbone). More raw umber on the shadow side.
Thanks for the comment.

[Chris Saper]

Marina,

Such fresh work! And of course one can't get an exact drawing in Open Studio - but that's not the goal. I can tell you are having fun

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Thanks Marina,

I asked about your colors because I notice something familiar, I also avoid using black.