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This is a study on a cheapo 9"x12" canvas board, that I'm doing for a portrait of my daughter, which will be 12'' x16". I used the block in drawing to do a small print and then a charcoal transfer. I'm trying out a different flesh palette than my usual. and so far it seems to be going well. I'm working directly from the model using daylight that seeps in from a partially blocked window that is directly behind my easel. The light is fairly frontal and therefore I really have to conceptualize the various forms and their relation to the light. I'm going to put in a skylight this summer which should give me better lighting. Either way, I'm hooked on daylight painting now and I can't even concieve of using anything else.