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Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth
Here's an idea of what this looked like in progress.
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Michele,
What a fascinating insight into your working method: having to resolve a detail in its specific finish and turning of color even before covering up the white of the canvas!
It's fascinating to me, because I am strugging with the opposite approach of quickly and broadly obliterating any trace of the blank canvas, the first day and session (and of course it looks awful at this stage for me, like an extreme of jpeg compression with the worst bunch of artifacts).
Beginning a portrait is always a paradox of paths to take; no matter which approach, there is frustration until the last pieces of the puzzle fall into place and we can finally see what degree of masterpiece we have painted!
Thanks for sharing this glimpse into your successful technique.
Garth