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Old 01-11-2005, 09:49 AM   #8
Amanda Fletcher Amanda Fletcher is offline
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Portrait of Brian

I am not sure if I am doing this right but I was asked to post a close up of the eye. Hope the image comes out okay. In response to another question, the medium I use is cold pressed linseed oil mixed with a touch of damar varnish. I occasionally use sun thickened oil but only in small areas which require more modelling, for example around the eye. Generally I try to keep the darks thinner and oilier and the light areas thicker.

The effect I manage to create is the result of many layers of relatively thin paint. I would love to work alla prima but somehow it never works for me.

Hope this is of some interest.

Amanda
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