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Hi again,
Well, I'm muddling my way around this painting in my normal scattered way. Done more work on his face, I'm using a different reference for his facial features. The reference is very poor for his face due to the shadowed area (under the porch). He also has changed glasses so wanted his new ones in the painting. He'll be here for the Super Bowl tomorrow so I plan to work on his left elbow and arm, I will put him in the pose with his elbow resting on a table to get a better feel for the weight of his arm and table angle.
The area under the table will be quite dark, with golden grasses peeking out. The grasses continue to the left side of the canvas and will break up the blocky square feel of the bench against the side of the canvas. The strong parallel line at the bottom of the bench will be broken up.
His left nostril is too low, and I'll be fixing that. I find this palette to be confusing right now and have been struggling with temperature in skin tones. I'll be changing the violet tint of the shadows to a green tint. I hope this makes some sense. I had used the alizirin crimson/sap green mix to create warm shadows and did not like it at all. (Hence the heart attack issue) so I'm back square one.
Jean
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