Highlight and shadow shapes are as, if not more, important than feature shapes. The edge that separates light from dark is called a PLANE BREAK.

Titanium White – very opaque Yellow Ochre (or oxide) – opaque Alizarin Crimson - transparent A good base skin tone for a typical Caucasian person White added

The purpose of the grid is to help to draw accurately since all the lines are placed into smaller areas and are in proportion with one another.

SYNTHETIC ROUND ACRYLIC BRUSHES Store the brushes “bristles up” so they don’t bend sideways.

Cover your desks with newspaper so that you can test your colors, strokes, and rub paint off brushes before cleaning them.

Acrylic matte medium is acrylic without pigment. It looks milky, dries clear, and is used to thin color to make it transparent. It is also used to seal the edge of tape to prevent bleeding.

Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance Period Lady with an Ermine Oil on panel, 1485 Rembrandt Baroque Period Self-portrait Oil on canvas, 1651 Sources of Inspiration

Bristles Ferrule Handle

Impasto paint is very thick

Scumbling is painting opaque or semi-opaque paint over another color, creating an interaction between the two.

Glazing with acrylic is adding matte medium to color to create a thin layer of transparent color.

The light areas are thickly painted and opaque, IMPASTO The shadow areas are painted thin and trans- parent. GLAZE

The main emphasis of focus should be on the area around the eyes, nose, and brow.