This work-in-progress was painted with Painter IX.

Tools Used:
2B Pencil (Pencil Category) - for sketching
JMG ClumpsyBrush Thick - Custom brush based on Artists Oils’ Clumpy Brush
Flat Oils 30 (Oils category) - for background
Flat Oils 40 (Oils category) - for background
JMG-JCoop Clumpy Brush - Custom brush based on Artists Oils’ Clumpy Brush. Some of it’s settings were provided by a fellow artist: Joel Coop. I further customized it my liking. This is why this brush carries both of our initials.
Round Camel Hair-hair - Custom brush based on Oil’s Round Camel Hair - for hair
jmg_Soft_Impasto - Custom captured brush actually customized to react or paint as an oil brush.

Paper: Gessoed Canvas
Printable Size: 16×20
Working Size: 10″ x 8″ at 150 dpi

The work in progress of this Digital Oil Painting I am currently working on started on January 23rd (see the Calendar at the top right of this page). You can see the start of this work in progress by navigating to January 23rd from the calendar that appears on the top right of this page, or by selecting Go Earlier or Previous Day from the links at the bottom of this page to navigate to subsequent dates.

I am also recording the whole process as I paint it in Painter IX, showing at the same time my Painter’s selections and options as I go. This video will be available soon after I finish the portrait completely. Stay tuned for further information and availability.

Step 31:
Once the eye was a little fixed, I started to work on the rest of his face adding more yellow tones to areas hit by the light.

Step 32:
I zoomed out a little bit to see how his face was looking from a distance. Some more work needs to be done on his eyes. I haven’t painted his mouth either.

Step 33:
I zoomed in to work on the bridge of his nose and other features this time using my jmg_Soft_Impasto custom brush for smaller areas and better blending and brush control.

Step 34:
Now, I went back to his eyes, darkening the irises and reshaping his eye bags.

Step 35:
I added more detail on the irises and eyelids.

Step 36:
Once I was satisfied with this basic shaping of the eyes, I proceeded to work more on his forehead.

Tomorrow, I will be posting more work-in-progress images of Solitude II.
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