I haven’t worked on this project in days, because frankly I got a little bored. Too paint-by-numberish. I like this artist’s style — more here — for pet portraits and people, and am thinking about signing up for her “Fresh Paint” school when it reopens. But I wanted to see what “Fresh Paint” might be like by purchasing this lesson. We get the templates (which I like!) and then the color “recipes”. Her style is to use (more or less) complementary-color underpainting in pieces (not just one overall underpainting / toning). She also uses Masonite or wood panels that have to be gessoed first, rather than canvas or paper.

Also, I’m using an 8×8 panel and in all honesty it would be better if I were doing a 12×12 or even 20×20. (Those templates are also available as part of the class.)

Anyway, this is what I have so far, and I’ll try to finish it some time this week.