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Friday 29 January 2021

Naomi - stage 1


 While "Tideline" is drying I have got on with another trial painting a rare figurative one of the lovely Naomi Wood. I love red in paintings particularly portraits/figurative pictures but whenever I have tried to use it I have always struggled and ended up with a disappointing painting. Here I go again let's see how this one turns out, the plan is the darkest part of the picture will be the eye with Naomi's red/orange hair fading into red on the right side.I intend to have warm shadows that merge a bit with the background and colder very pale violets for the highlights....

This is the first colour pass over the underpainting which as always was a mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet, the initial texture achieved with a palette knife. I have then painted a transparent glaze of Alizarin Crimson over the background texture.

Oil on mdf 12" x 12".

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