Portrait process

I'm sorry for the long absence. I've been busy in the studio working away that I neglected to update the blog. In any case, here is a few images of the detail of a work in progress.


In the first stage I painted the underpainting on a toned canvas. Here I used a mixture of Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ocher.

Once I was satisfied with the sepia tone underpainting I began painting with opaque colors to fill in the skin tone.

In this stage I refined the facial features and left it to dry for a glazing layer.
This painting is not complete but I hope it demonstrates my working process.
I will return with more images as I make progress through out this summer.