I’m putting in the last details on the Fama piece, simultaneously working on the numbers paintings. Two photos here to show where things are going.
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I’ve added in some knifed on lead white highlights with a lovely transparent iron oxide laid into it while it’s wet to set the highlights back into the underlying flesh. I love the transparency of the oxide as it lays over and into the white.Â
Here’s an earlier shot of the same face, prior to the blue glaze and highlighting:Â
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