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Day 24 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days:  My lovely friend, Kim, sat for another lovely friend and I on Tuesday night.  I was not happy with the painting I got at that session so I revisited the portrait today using the live sketch and photos.    This is painted in a method learned from a workshop with Robert Liberace.  The canvas was toned with a neutral gray acrylic then sketched in with a mixture of transparent oxide red and ultramarine blue.  This mixture resembles burnt umber but is not dull when it dries.  Next the shadows were massed in with the same mixture.  Next I blocked in the lights using white and transparent red oxide in a mid-value.  Using more white the highlights were blocked in.  Areas of gray were left open which is an easy way to make a transition into the shadow area.  Finally a bit of white and cadmium red laid in a couple of spots helps give a feeling of the form changing without changing the value.

I left much of this with the line showing on purpose.  Amy Foster (my other lovely friend) and I will be having a two person exhibition called "Line and Brush:Two Figurative Visions."  Amy is passionate about drawing and is an amazing draftsman (woman?).  I will be the brush half of the show but thought this little portrait could blend both.  "Kim" 8x10 oil