[John Howard Sanden] admits to not being perfect with the technique; where in theory you look at the model, look at your palette, load your brush, look back at the model, and then place the brushstroke on the canvas. His ten tips for the process were: (1) start with a toned canvas; (2) draw with your brush; (3) the 1st stroke is the final stroke; (4) base your marks on observation alone (not what you think it should look like); (5) every stroke counts; (6) use the largest brush possible; (7) work with speed & finish in 1 session; (8) every stroke is a drawing stroke; (9) tonal judgements are the most important; and (10) be deliberate and decisive.
- Notes from AndrewWerth.com taken at the 2008 Portrait Society of America Conference
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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I'd like to post a minor correction to this entry... The web site source of the quotation is http://www.andrewwerth.com/ (with an 'e' instead of an 'o'). Thanks, and very nice blog!
Thank-you for stopping by and taking a look through the blog (and for the quoted text, I assume!).
The misspelling has been corrected.
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