A preview of a painting I started today using markedly different techniques from what I have been doing. I recently ordered nine books on classic oil painting, and from studying those as well as the masters, have a much better idea of how to approach the beginning of a work. It's a lot more comfortable for me to sketch in charcoal, outline in pen, and then begin an underpainting than it is to just start painting directly on the canvas. I think I've found my happy medium! Pun intended.
