I wanted to put both this and the last photo together but I couldn’t figure it out. That is just because of exhaustion. Well, I will briefly tell you that the process I worked on today not only establishes the brights and light but it also begins the deepening of the flesh by applying a layer or two or three of skin. This is a mixture of titanium white with flake and mixed with an equal amount of Grumbacher gel. This is called a half paste. I apply and brush it in so that the canvas fibers eventually hold the oil paint. Then, I use a soft fan brush to buff the paint down to nothing more than a whisper. It is sort of like a ghost of life that builds up in layers until the reality is there. During this process the features and other details can be perfected and refined. Happy painting. Diana