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| day four |
On day three I had about 20 minutes to doodle on the painting. I actually ran down to the studio to grab something and, without even turning the lights or a/c on, I grabbed a brush and "fixed" the too short legs.
Day four I spent about two hours working on correcting the legs and beginning some shading. I'm using sables and trying to blend all the brushstrokes. I am using Liquin for my medium. It makes the paint buttery but dries in a few hours. It actually gets tacky in minutes and enables me to start building layers almost immediately. I decide to not do the underpainting in monochrome. I begin to block in some local color while pushing back the darks. Man it's a lot of canvas to cover. I'm finally beginning to feel like I have enough established that I can come in for shorter blocks of time and not get frustrated. I don't HAVE many large blocks of time to work in so it's quite a relief to be at this stage. I also have to be content that it's going to take me a long time. This is a big painting.
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| day four detail |
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