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Tessa Gwynne

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I thought the jacket was really good before Denise, but it is now pretty stunning! I agree with Marjorie that she has a look of Hair about her. 👏🏼

Denise Cat

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Oh yes, Jonathan Yeo, I have seen his work and did like his portrait of the King. I like his brushwork. I think in some portraits, the merging of the background and subject can almost give the illusion of looking at something through mist. 

Norrette Moore

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I'm trying to create a portrait, copied from a book, using the direct method.  I'm not at all happy with it.  As I set myself a challenge to create a decent portrait over August, I think the next try will be using the grisaille or verdaccio method. (I have the Ray Smith book.) Thankyou Denise for the encouragement. I have terra verte, but I can see that mixing your own allows the range of values. You'd have to add something to the verte, I'd think?

Denise Cat

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Norrette, I have used grisaille a few times. I think I've posted them as WIP. One was a portrait of my granddaughter. I really enjoy both methods and they are worth putting that extra time in. The grisaille or verdaccio is the important part of the painting. Getting your values right at this stage allows you to navigate the structures more easily when applying your colour and mixing your tonal range. This is because you have done most of the hard work during the grisaille or verdaccio stage. I will be really looking forward to seeing how you get on. It is a technique to embrace and enjoy so take your time and you will do a great job. To the verte you would have white and a burnt umber, you would add small amounts this would give you a broad tonal range.

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Norrette Moore

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Thank you Denise, I saw your granddaughter wip.  Another excellent piece.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Terre verte can be enough - it will make quite strong darks; but absolutely no problem with adding another colour to it, for really strong darks which you'll get in strongly side-lit portraits.  Ray Smith, in the book referred to - How to Draw and Paint What You See (and I wish I could do that as well as he can) - used the Terre Verte with either underpainting white or Flake white, both lead.  I find it hard to use this method with non-lead whites - I don't often try to, be it said, but Titanium is a very white white, and I remember struggling with it in this context.  The green is useful for indicating the coolness of flesh, in those parts near the bone - forehead, cheekbones - that tend indeed to the cool.  For a rubicund, Falstaffian figure, maybe direct painting would serve us better - but a real portrait painter would have a more informed opinion than mine. 

Anthony Knight

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Just read this thread start to finish - Denise, it’s great to see this absolutely stunning work progress through its various stages! I look forward to the next instalment 😊
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Gary Martin

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Loving how it's coming along. The jacket looks so vibrant now!
Entwined, abstract

Sandra Kennedy

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Agree, absolutely stunning, love the way you've made the jacket so vibrant, just masterly. Will keep watching.

Denise Cat

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Thanks everyone and I've just finished. I used Indian Yellow for the trousers. I did the skin tones again yesterday and have done the details today. I came across the word Verdaccio about 8 months ago, I had never heard of the technique. I was interested to learn about it. There is nothing like putting the theory into practice. Am I happy with this, well, yes I think I am. Is it something I will continue with, yes it is. Totally enjoyable and have loved every minute of painting it. Thanks for all your interest and encouragement.

Sylvia Evans

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A beauty Denise ,where did you find the model ? 
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Helen Martell

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Super painting Denise, and I have enjoyed watching it develop
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