It is funny how some days my strokes are very loose, and others - very tight! I had to really make an effort to relax with my brush today. This little darling is my cousin's daughter, and I am working from a photo I took a couple of years ago during a Christmas dinner. I have started with the same 10 minute color study, and then just progressed from there. I worked longer on getting the face planes right before starting much on the features - and it made it easier to get accurate placement of shapes. Another thing different about working in this particular method - there is no use of mediums, not even water. Just straight heavy body acrylic paint and dry brushes, right up until I'm ready to wash the brush - then I can stick it in the water. It truly does make for better results. Painting number 1048 in 1048 days.
