Right away, I realized I would have to work fast to get this done during the sitting. The model was leaning her head back, but I didn't really capture that, and instead just got a slightly weird skull shape. I think the problem is I'm starting from a line sketch instead of a volume sketch. I'll try switching to a really big brush for a pale liquin shape placement followed by some loose volume and edge delineation before I switch to painting color with linseed/stand oil/Gamsol medium. Paint control is going pretty well, although I'm going to try adding more marble dust to the gesso to get quicker absorption of the underpainting.
But mainly, I'm wasting a lot of time making too many small, tentative paint mixtures. I'm spending an inordinate amount of time mixing colors I've already mixed a few times before..
16" x 14" - 3 hours.
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