Portrait Study in Oil - Man with a White Beard

12" x 9" Oil on Panel

This post is from another visit to a painter's studio for a portrait session, this time at Casey Child's studio. I don't often break out the oil paints at these sessions, although I probably should. This time I did. The colors used were yellow ocher, cadmium red medium and ivory black, plus white. It was painted on a grey acrylic ground for pastels. The rough - even abrasive - surface of the pastel ground grips paint extremely well, but tends to eat brushes. 

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