More recent work. The church is from a drawing I made in Colorado. I am using a mastic-based medium in this painting. In the past I used a jelly-type medium (Maroger), but stopped long ago. This medium isn’t jelly-like in the least even though it uses mastic. It’s an OK medium but not nearly as good as my copal-based medium.
On the easel 9/22/2013
This portrait shows the drawing covered by a ground (raw umber and flake white). I draw the design with a pencil (or charcoal) then ‘fix’ it by going over it with ink, which preserves the drawing when the ground is applied.
‘John in White Shirt’ drawing and ground