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| Oil Painting of Old Cesar Smiley |
I did three or four sketches first in charcoal and in color medium to get the values and composition the way I wanted it. Once I was happy with the concepts I sketched in charcoal the face on canvas and wet away from it for a while, (a couple of weeks).
After the time away from the project I looked the charcoal sketch over and analyzed it in a fresh light, sometimes I see things after a period away that I do not see at the time. I spent an afternoon and evening painting him and building up the layers and textures. Then put it away again for a time to let the oil cure on the canvas a bit, oil takes months to dry and if you get too much on the canvas it is not workable.
After a month I reworked the eyes, and the dark areas and made a major change to the hair by adding white. A month later I reexamined the project and made some minor adjustments in values and areas of dark I added some blue and some low-lights to the eye on the right.
Today felt there was a need for a few touches here and there and determined it was done.
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