First, I paint the whole cameo with one soft background color. It hardly matters which color, usually a goldish, or faintly greenish, or mauvish. The portrait usually takes up the majority of the cameo anyway. The background color helps seal the plaster, so it doesn't keep absorbing the paint as I paint.
You can see two of my detail brushes here. Pretty small, and they get used up quickly. I'm always having to buy brushes, I'm tough on them.
Then I usually do a sketch in dark colors, hunter green, burnt umber, and maybe a little black.
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You gotta love an artist who oversimplifies what it is she does!
Do you pencil sketch?
I could read posts about your work every single day and not be bored.
Have you ever given any thought to using gesso over the plaster as a sealer? I am sure paint works, but gesso, I think, would make your colors look brighter.
Was this a god given talent? Or did you actually take classes? I am always so impressed with people who can paint! I tried my hand at it once or twice...no god given talent here:)
I'm still wondering how you can paint in such small sizes & quite amaze a the results
You must have good eye sight. That you can paint so small in such detail.
That's amazing how you can fit in details in such a small place.
Your ability to downsize an image is astounding. Back when I used to draw, I was able to do exact size replicas or only make them smaller by a little, but never to the magnitude with which you do it.
Oh, and I'm the worst painter in the world, lol. I was only decent with a pencil.
Great work!
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