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Posted at June 29, 2006, 11:30 pm:

I'm new here. I thought I should entroduce myself and post a new thread.

Although I have been in art schools, in fine arts programs, I haven't found a Fine arts program where they have a strong academic approach to teaching painting. Ther generally have a "do whatever you want" mentality. Right now, I just want to finish my BA and then think of going to a painting atelier.

I got a book, "How to Paint Like the Masters", I am looking at Titian and Caravagio techniques. They are both very similar, as depicted in the book; I am using those techniques now trying to improve.

On my newest painting, this is what I have so far for the first day of painting. I apologize for the blurriness of the photograph.

I started with grey acrylic as ground, then continued with Oils. Outline sketch and light shadows with Burnt Umber and Gamsol, let dry. Then I begun a greyscale using 1/4 Linseed oil - 3/4 Gamsol of what is the flesh tones and drapery highlights. Today I will refine the figure and details. Tomorrow I will begin to add color using 50/50 Gamsol/Linseed oil.

I wish I had left the hair Burnt Umber, without covering it with dark grey.

Please, I am open to any comments and/or suggestions, but don't reply with three-word sentences using words "pretty" or "great." I think this is a place for intelligent and cunstructive criticism. Thanks!


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nice i would love to see the end result.

It took me a while to get back to it, but here is the refined version.

Yeah, that's the book.

It's looking good, wanna see how it progresses.

It is a solvent, like Turpentine or Turpenoid.

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