[Chris Saper]

18 x 14 oil on a wiped-off painting from long ago.

Having become a bit more accustomed to painting larger heads, this ended up being a bit small. But for the demo at the SAS Open Session, I wanted to talk about how to make sure that the composition wouldn't run off the bottom of the canvas at an awkward place (in this case above the V on the neckline).

You can see how dark the surface was when I started, but it was kind of fun putting all those strong lighter colors against a dark ground. With all the caution I hear about dark grounds and flake white, I guess this image will probably disappear at some point...