Step 3: Subdivide Face Mass/
Hair Mass  |
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The Layout
(Steps 1 through 7)
What the reader will find on these pages is, in fact, the very
painting approach communicated to me by Samuel Edmund Oppenheim
at the Art Students League some thirty-five years ago. I have
dressed it up a bit and added a few frills, but it is the same
direct, simple approach Mr. Oppenheim demonstrated for us in
those years. We begin by making a simple drawing, or "layout"
with the brush... |
Hover to zoom final painting |
| Now separate the hair mass from the face. Learning
to express a complex concept in a few simple brushstrokes is
an important part of learning painting. There are a zillion
ins and outs in the shape of the hair. Just get the essential
silhouette. |
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