Here's a portrait of a young artist sitting outside the coffee shop. It is done in oil on Arches oil paper, and was painted in the playful, impressionistic style that I favor for such works. You may recognize the subject as
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Here is the initial paint sketch in raw umber with a couple bits of color added. I used a picture taken with my phone as a reference.
was not at all enthusiastic about having this picture taken, but was happy enough with how the painting turned out that I was given permission to post it here on Steemit as long as I tagged her.
With the initial sketch complete, I added a bunch of smears of primary color to fill in the space and start getting the work's overall feel established. All of this was done with a big round bristle brush and a little flat bristle brush.
Most of the actual color blending was done by adding linseed oil and pulling pigment off the smears of primaries already on the paper. Some additional umber and titanium white made adequate light and shadow tones.
For something that was done on a whim from a phone pic, the final work turned out okay. And, as always, every painting is good practice for the next one.