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     Portrait Painting Guide

             Colour Guide

                    Hue and the Colour Wheel

                    Tone, Transparency and Saturation

                    Darks to Whites

                    Contrast is King

                    Painting Skin Tone

            Technical Approach

                    Finding a Subject

                    Composition and Rhythm

                    Portrait Size

                    Working Conditions for Painting

                    Surfaces, Brushes and Brush Strokes

                    Paint Negative Shapes & Spaces

                    Painting a Likeness

                    Why do a Critique?

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