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Goddessartist

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4. Thanks so much!
Sat Dec 23, 2023, 09:05 AM
Dec 2023

It's oils, very tentative, worked in washes. I'd never worked in oils before. I love doing faces, and have drawn since I could hold a pencil, as I'm teaching my grandsons to do.

Don't be scared, just do it! Practice makes perfect!

I've taught art for years, so I'd just say find an image, set it up to look at it, get your surface ready, and draw it out in pencil, but filling the page, then refining down each section...bit by bit. Keep working it. Use the eraser, or use pastels, or charcoal, or paint...same applies to all mediums. If you use a non oil base for your image, like pencil or acrylics, then you can paint over that with oils, further refining the piece.

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Spirit of Benevolence [View all] Goddessartist Dec 2023 OP
I like it DoBW Dec 2023 #1
Thank you! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #2
Fabulous ! Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #3
Thanks so much! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #4
Nice work. I lived in Sonora for a month visiting my brother. Beautiful, but has probably changed since 1980. Silent Type Dec 2023 #5
Thanks! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #6
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