This is the story of an oil painting.
A painting of Ernest Hemingway, commissioned by a major patron of mine.
There will be 5 posts, this one is about the research, sketches and studies.
An oil study with pencil, around A4. Testing out colours, expressions and techniques.
A series of sketches, there are more.
Photographic and book research. There was a lot more.
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