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Study of Bonnie
I was recently in Vermont teaching a workshop and this is the demonstration that I did. The first images about 20 minutes into the painting and the second is about 2 hours.
If you notice the first image has most of the information necessary to move to final painting. I haven't painted-in my deepest darks nor my lightest lights. By staying in middle tones I am able to establish size, placement, likeness, light temperature, facial expression and many other necessary items before moving on to final painting. If within the first 20 minutes I do not have a feeling that I have captured these things to move to final painting, I stop and start again. Much of what was in the beginning shows through in the final painting. In this type of thinking I must be very sure of where I'm working in the value scale so that I don't have to go back to repaint areas correcting what should have been correct in the first place. Say, for example, I had started with the lights too light and the darks to dark, I would have too much contrast and be unable to soften the change from light to shadow with the subsequent lightest lights and darkest darks. The middle values you begin with establish the entire painting process and must therefore be values which you can continue to work with to the end of the painting.
It is good for me to see photographs of my own paintings in progress like this. I recommend you do so also so that you can study your own work. A very helpful press is an understanding how you think. Happy painting to all!
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