Started a moody portrait of Susan. When it reaches the imprimatura, sketched in oil onto the colored ground, it usually takes on quite a haunting appearance. Susan said I should stop right there, and not change it any further.
Oil on acrylic primed wood panel. Ground was then toned with Gamblin Fastmatte Burnt Sienna
Palette and Supplies:
Design was sketched onto toned canvas with graphite pencil. Fine lines were painted in using a mixture of Quinacridone Red and Chromatic Black. Shadows painted with a translucent mixture of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber. Iris from a mixture of Prussian Blue and Flake White. Highlights scumbled in with Flake White.
Final Result:
“Unfinished Zu” (2018). Louis Cooper. Oil on Wood Panel. 16″x12″