Brittany. Alla Prima Oil Painting Demo, Page 2 / 2 | |

Here I start blocking in the hand and arm, starting with the large shapes first and measuring, measuring, measuring! 
Getting into details in the hand and deciding to go with a lighter color for the shirt. 
To make sure I get the left arm right, I take a few measurements and sketch in with my brush a few main shapes. 

Once again, just slowly going from one shape to the next, fitting in each puzzle piece of the subject. I'm not thinking any differently when paining a tree, arm, or eye -- they're all just abstract shapes, of a certain value and color, in a precise place. 

Using some mineral spirits, I think down the paint and wash in some colors to go behind the bamboo on the left. This is mainly just to kill down the white so I won't be struggling to paint in between all the vertical shapes of the bamboo later on. 


Changed my mind; I think the girl's shirt was better the darker red, after all! 


Here's the final painting. 

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