The drawing isn't very good, but this was an enjoyable painting. I've been
struggling for a while with the oil-primed linen I use. The finish is slick and
non-absorbent so the paint stays pretty wet. I have trouble painting over
the preliminary sketch, and repainting churns things into a muddy mess.
This time, I primed the canvas with blue tinted Liquin a few hours before I painted
and baked it in the sun so it was dry but not fully cured. The Liquin pulls
solvent out of oils, so I can dry-brush and scumble thin underpainting. When I
use nice gloppy paint it finally sticks where I put it and accepts overpainting
nicely - a very big deal! 16" x 14", 3 hours
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