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A CLASSICAL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION W i l l i a m W h i t a k e r
Stage III
I'm increasingly turning to traditional Flake White for my paintings. It handles wonderfully, has interesting body and dries quickly.
Because of the small scale of this painting, I mixed Permalba (a titanium/zinc white mix) with my Flake White for added opacity. I also mixed in a little walnut oil to make the white buttery.
I completed the painting this session. Obviously I did more work on drapery, but the most sensitive careful work was once again done on the back where I softened form and modified shadows. I did not use a blender at all today. All brushwork was either with a filbert hogs bristle brush or a pointed sable round.
I mixed up a background colour that differed only slightly from the colour in the background in Stage Two, added enough oil to make it lie down and behave a little like enamel, and painted the entire background again with a fairly large filbert bristle brush. A pretty good brush rule of thumb is to find the largest brush for the job, and then put it aside and actually use an even larger brush.
Finally, I took a deep breath, signed my name, and slapped on a frame.
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