Once you have got the sketch ready, and the tools you need to paint, then comes the point when you cannot wait any longer.
You will have to excuse me, I forgot to take the snap of the canvas when I drew a rough outline of what I had sketched earlier. It is pretty much the same thing, but you do not put in any details as you are anyway going to cover it up with the paint. The more you practice by sketching, the more easier it will be for you to reproduce the same on the canvas with a graphite stick or a charcoal stick.
I am not sure if charcoal would do the same effect, but because I used graphite, when I paint over it, I get these dark patches.
Do not worry much about getting the right shape. Just put the basic dark tone mixture of the color. Use about one third part of the medium, linseed oil in my case, and two parts of turpentine, to mix with the pigment on the palette. Pick it up with the largest brush in your set and paint on the canvas, using the drawing you had made as a guide – filling up the spaces.
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