If I work on canvas, I usually draw the contours with a brush and thinned oil mixture of transparent maroon and ultramarine. But since illustration board is so conducive to pencil, I went with the more controllable medium. One concern I have when painting over a pencil base is there can be a tendency to preserve the lines and hold them as sacred, resulting in a tight painting. I'm going to make a concerted effort to use them as guides and make intuitive and spontaneous strokes. Using larger brushes often helps with this effort.
Next step: oil.
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