Step 6, Copy of Ingres -Background Finished

Now the background has a final layer of greyish-brown put on top of the bright orange layer. This completes the background. Next another layer of color has been put upon the coat. It also looks like the old guy has been given a haircut. That is because the final painting of his hair needs to go over the background.

Step 5, Copy of Ingres-Background

Now, a layer of reddish-orange color has been added to the background. It looks overly bright and colorful right now at this stage. But that is intentional, because the next layer will subdue that color, while still allowing some of its brilliance to show through it. The texture is very brushy as well for the same reason. Each layer is carefully getting darker and darker, yet still lets the preceding layers show through it. This is how depth was created in all of these old masterpieces.

Step 4, Copy of Ingres

Here's the first process in adding color; a darker layer is added to the jacket. This is now starting to get close to the actual value of the finished layer. It's still a very warm color at this point, and the paint is very transparent. It's put on with a lot of walnut oil which makes the paint more like a gel, which allows the previous layer to still show through it.