The underpainting of the Ingres portrait is finally done. This took much longer than I thought it would take, but it was critical to get this step completed in an even level of finish. There is now a full layer of paint on his face. The lighter areas have been painted with more opaque tones, with a lot of white in them. The shadow areas stay very transparent. You could stop at this point and have a nice warm portrait painting, but I'm diving into the color stage next. Of course, I have no idea what I am doing.
