Saturday, March 8, 2008

Titian's method of portrait painting

In the morning I like to paint with a cup of coffee while at night a glass of wine. For some reason the coffee paintings always seem to come out better.
So.... over a cup of coffee this morning I decided that Megan’s eyes were to high. Using a mixture of Cad. med. yellow, Titanium white, Prussian blue and Alizarin crimson I filled in the face and relocated the eyes. I have chosen Titian’s method of portrait painting, first because the man was a genius and second because it’s a slow process of painting and drying that allows me to easily make corrections and changes in the composition.

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