Blue Horse, Work in Progress I

I haven’t shared a work in progress painting here for a while so thought I’d share my Blue Horse on board. 

Materials:
 
 9 x 12 Board
 Gesso
 Pastel Ground
 charcoal pencil for initial sketch
 Acrylic Paint for the underpainting
 Oil Paint

 
 Surface:  I gessoed a 9 x 12 board with white gesso and pastel ground.  The ground adds texture.  I had originally thought to try to top this with pastel but decided otherwise once this dried. 

 My palette

 Charcoal and gouache for sketching and highlights

 Adding acrylic underpainting

 Underpainting 

Begin using oil paint 

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