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In this final painting session I’m just adding finishing touches all over the painting–the cushions of the sofa, the light on the body, and especially finishing the face. Aaaand…we’re done!!
In this third painting session I worked for awhile on the face, to bring it to the same level of finish as the body is at this point. Then I turned my attention to the plants and flowers in the background. I was a bit nervous about that, but I dealt with the complexity by just taking one color/value area at a time, being methodical, and it took shape pretty nicely!
The second session was all about adding color to the body, and I made rapid progress because I was focused on not being too careful, on keeping the energy high and staying sloppy with big bold brushstrokes…because I think that makes for a more exciting, vibrant painting.
I started the painting by covering the underdrawing with an acrylic wash, using my usual mixture of Burnt Umber and Dioxazine Purple. While that was drying, I mixed several shades of grey, then began roughing in the cushions of the sofa. Next I began work on the figure by roughing in the darkest darks of the hair and body. Next session I’ll begin adding color to the body.
I’m about to begin work on a new nude of Mexican model Enrique, working from a photo of him on a couch shot during our Puerto Vallarta photo-shoot back in 2018 (detail of the source image shown here). The next in-progress report will document the first painting session.
