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Best Friends
This is a study of an oil painting I did
of my daughter, Jennifer and her best friend, Diamond

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Here you can see the geometric grid layout that Frank Covino teaches,
based on the techniques of the old masters
Study #2: Best Friends
The completed charcoal and ink portrait
on gessoed masonite board

The completed verdaccio stage, or, as my daughter calls it, the "frog" painting. The old masters rendered all flesh in a grey-green underpainting, creating accurate realism.

The completed picture hangs in our family room. Jenny is proud to be my first contemporary portrait.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

All original works are Copyright ©2000 Susan S. Weilbacher
710 Debra Lynne Drive, Brandon FL 33511
Telephone: (813) 689-0329