I have been wanting to try a portrait for some time now and have been watching demos on how to do a portrait using the flemish technique. After the drawing is made on the canvas a first layer of paint if put on very thinly with burnt umber. This layer is just to get the values correct. The second layer, which is what I have started on here is called the dead layer and is basically a grey scale, fine tuning the values once again. I will do another layer of grey scale and then start in on the colors. This is a very different technique for me as I usually start right in with the colors but it is good to try something different. Hopefully I won't make a complete mess of it.
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