Copy of Rembrant self portrait

Good to see the final result Tom

This turned out really superbly, Tom dear!

I’ve finally found my book on old masters’ techniques. “ he left no sketches ...Composition and distribution of light and shade were mapped out in a monochrome under painting...With the dead colour painting as his guide, he then applied the body colours working from background to foreground. Colours used : lead white sometimes mixed with chalk, black, brown, red ochre, transparent brown probably Cologne earth and bistre vermillion and organic red lakes, lead tin yellow usually mixed with lead white azurite, smalt, greens were made by mixing lead-tin with azurite or smalt.” Hope this is of interest.