Work on a oil primed white surface. Start portrait or figure painting with Raw Umber and a wipeout technique. Once complete with underpainting, then move into the background with the muck jar. Next, work all your learned techniques to bring your portrait/figurative to life. Try earnestly to incorporate transitional colors as you progress from highlight to shadow. Finally, enhance the background with the “dirty” colors to abstract that background toward the conclusion.
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