Painting a portrait in oil - layer upon layer

By South African Artist : Ilse Kleyn.

www.artofkleyn.co.za

I start my drawing the outlines with a small brush – using

“purple lake”. I then do the under layer in “Indian yellow” and for the darker areas I use

“Purple Lake” (Winsor & Newton oil paint)

The under-layer is bright and radiant – perfect to vibrate true colour from underneath the finished painting. No white was used in the 1ste layer

With the second layer I use “Burnt sienna” mixed with “ Titanium white”. Little bit of “crimson” on the cheeks and “French

Ultramarine” in the shadows.

In the top layer I use the same colours as the previous

layer but add more high lights with pure white.

The End