The successful accomplishment of the above is by no means as short and easy a work as would appear from the rapid suggestions given. To get a head in good drawing—that is, all its component parts in the right place—requires much concentration and close observation; when, however, this is done the worker is about ready to lay it in.
In order to retain your drawing, and also to familiarize yourself with the forms of the shadows which you have blocked out in charcoal, go over these with a thin tone of burnt sienna and black diluted with turpentine. As this dries readily, the drawing is secured and ready to receive the color.
Place now, if you have not already done so, some drapery or some tone behind—it may only be the dark corner of the room against which you wish the head to be relieved; but all through your work retain the same effect, and study this object, under all circumstances, in its relation to this background.
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