Day: August 29, 2023

Day 113 Raul

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Day 113! Raul. Always love playing with hair. Really like the fluffy look of his which i got by painting it wet on wet into the background w ivory black paint.
The photo
The sketch
First washes. Ivory black not watered down into the wet background to soften the hair.
Rarely ever do the lips first but the hair was so wet couldn’t go near it for quite a while. Cobalt ultramarine and quin rose for lips.
A relatively easy paint. Burnt sienna in the shadows w dabs of ultramarine. Burnt umber eyes.
Beard and mustache spalled on with my chinese paint brush splayed to make hairs.
Done

For skin tones Quin rose, a lot of raw sienna, some burnt sienna and quin burnt orange plus ultramarine shadows.

Used my cheap joes scroogys loose goose brush on his hair for the curls.

Background cerulean w a dab of burnt sienna.

9×12” superaquabee sketchbook.

Thanks, Judith @jyportraitchallenge and Raul @raulmouracampos.

Stairway to heaven aka our front steps in the sunlight.

Margaret getting over her cold finally. Xoxoxo