I will copy and paste if I am able to.
Ok, I didn’t get that screen shot cropped before I posted it, sorry. I just want to add some notes for you portrait artists. In this first photo I have transferred the drawing. I had several reference photos and I combined them without computer, that is, I just made the changes with pose to put together the light, position of face, body angle and hair. I had a lot of smudges from the transfer because of the heat today and condition of my painting mixture. I just used Windsor Newton artists oils and some extra linseed oil. I just used a dry brush to move the paint around and a quip or two to remove some. Then I applied the white straight to the canvas and made it thinner or heavier by manipulating the pressure and amount of paint. After I refined all the painted areas, I buffed it smooth with a fan brush. The paint dried way too fast in this heat. I will let it dry now and then I will probably apply a thin color was to get a background color started. I must adjust the eyes a little. They aren’t quite right. Till next time. Diana