Freja

[Carlos Ygoa]

Allan ,

Thanks for your new postings as a WIP...thanks for taking the time.
I noticed in your explanation earlier that you just wiped the surface with turpentine and then proceeded to scumble the surface with your primer (correct?)...there was no need, then, to sand the surface before applying the primer? Did you apply more than one layer of primer? What did you use as a primer?
I have read that copper is extremely stable if kept indoors and paintings done on copper retain its freshness for a really long time. I once saw a small Rubens painted on copper in a private collection and it was amazing how it looked like it was painted last week.

Your second version is even better! The eyes look perfect. You are going to produce a very fine group portrait!