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How I Painted This Crazy Thing

By Jonathan Byrd

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2025
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Painter Jonathan Byrd narrates the months-long process behind an oil figure painting, from a toned ground and nine-value grisaille underlayer to thin umber-and-ultramarine washes worked from background into the figure, including how he corrected mismatched reference lighting on the arm.