In this image, I have made highlights and more texture with pure white paint. In the Aux Trois Crayons technique, this would be known as ‘heightening’, since white highlights have a tendency to make a shape appear more 3d. Anyway, this white is far too stark for my liking.
Here, I’ve used a glaze of Burnt Sienna to knock back the white. This is one of acrylic paint’s great advantages – drying times and easy dilution. This would have hardly been possible with oils.
I think this painting is pretty much done now, so I’m going to leave it for a few days and see what I think later in the week. Then, it’s off to the Bistro!
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