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To create I use basic tools such as pen, pencil, pastel, WINSOR & NEWTON oil paints and drying mediums.

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For the paintings the technique I begin with is called grisaille, french for grey, where the underpainting is done in one tone towards the beginning.  Then layers of mixed primary colors complete a work on stretched canvas or canvas panel.

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Sketching Materials
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Paint Brushes

The old masters used scumbling, opaque color, and glazing, clear hues, to achieve dimension, often those coats of paint could number over 20.  The Dutch-Baroque painter Rembrandt Van Rijn was rumored to use around 50 coats in his portraits!

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