Richelieu

Going to leave it in this stage. I'm always fighting chalky flesh as I was in this one.

UPDATE: I replaced the photo with a better one.

"All for One..."

So I'm painting a portrait of Cardinal Richelieu for the theater department's production of "The 3 Musketeers." Apparently there is a scene in which he is painting himself, so I have to leave the painting unfinished. I'm going to start applying color to the face, work my way out, and leave sections just the underpainting.

Kettle bell NAI

Revisited with some glaze and scumbling. Tried to work out the pastiness

Kettle bell

So I got my big bristle filbert out and painted this. It was a fun change from the Lang Nickels. I loaded up a lot more paint and tried to be a little looser. I'm not finished yet, I think I'll use this as a beat-up piece for glazes and scumbles. I'm starting on a companion piece soon, too.

It's got a little glare in the shadow that throws the value off a little.