Painting the light, in oil paint

Vogue Series 5


I focused on painting the strong sun light on her hair and the shadows on her face hidden deep inside all the hair.

I still haven’t touched the hand yet, but I’ll try to work the light into that as well.

Vogue Series Oil Painting

Vogue Series 5

So I stuck with painting number 5 for a while adding some interest with color and fluffing up that hair a little. I’ll stop here for now, when I come back I'll tighten up her face and hand.

Mixing Black in Oil Paints

Vogue Series 5

I went back into painting number 5 and tried to render the light in a more dramatic fashion.

I mixed my blacks from Phthalo green, Napthol Red, Phthalo blue, Burnt Sienna and Quinacridone Megenta.