This is a fun, contemporary portrait with a tropical flavour. Instead of shading and blending colours, I used a technique of applying flat blocks of clean acrylic paint to develop form.
You will need
■ Surface
• Canvas 24×20in. (61×51cm)
■ Brushes
• Flats Nos. 12, 4 & 2
• Liner No. 0
• Round No. 12
■ Charcoal
■ Acrylics
• Cerulean blue • Titanium white • Gold • Raw umber • Yellow • Phthalo green • Cobalt turquoise light • Cobalt green • Brilliant green • Light green • Yellow light • Napthol crimson • Alizarin crimson • Black
