This one certainly has me thinking about a larger piece of work using this theme. We will see… https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

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Another small oil portrait sketch in the sketchbook for practice with colors and brushes, values etc. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

Another quick tiny painting with oil paints suing the Zorn Pallet, (Black, yellow ochre, red and white). This measures about 3″ x 4″ and took about 50 minutes. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

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Just a very quick gesture sketch using oil paints on old scraps of Bristol board. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

This is the same face as the last blog post only using a pallet of colors and a brush. I avoided using black on this one just relying on the darkest value I could muster up with the yellow, rad and turquoise that I have on the pallet. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

Working with just a pallet knife this time. Probably could use a little smaller knife for this size of a painting but I figured I would give it a shot. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

Still working with a little bit of leftover paint that I mixed together. Using it with a little white and a little black to see what I can figure out with values. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/

Trying again for looseness and values and hopefully catching the gesture. This one probably took about 45 minutes. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/