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N UMBER OF SITTINGS TOE A PORTRAIT.
or one with an ordinary background, three sittings are
generally sufficient. The first sitting commences with the
drawing, and finishes conveniently with the first wash of
flesh tint; the hatching can be done in the absence of the
sitter, when the background (if the portrait is to have one)
can also be worked in.
In the second sitting the shadows of the face which
give roundness, the colour in the cheeks, the hair, and
the figure will be forwarded, the principal folds of the
drapery marked in from the sitter, and the masses of light
and shade indicated. In the interval between the second
and third sitting, the tints of the flesh may be softened;
but until the painter has attained some proficiency, nothing
should be added to the flesh in the absence of the sitter.
The drapery may be completed either from a lay figure, or
from the clothes of the sitter, borrowed for that purpose.
The third sitting is occupied chiefly in finishing, soften-
ing, and correcting the likeness.
Lay figures may be had of various sizes from six inches
high to life size. For ordinary purposes, a German lay
figure from twenty-four inches to thirty-six inches will be
found very useful. Wilkie made use of figures about two
feet high, which he clothed, and from which he drew his
drapery; and as the drapery of these figures contained but
few folds, he obtained simplicity and breadth.
N UMBER OF SITTINGS TOE A PORTRAIT.
or one with an ordinary background, three sittings are
generally sufficient. The first sitting commences with the
drawing, and finishes conveniently with the first wash of
flesh tint; the hatching can be done in the absence of the
sitter, when the background (if the portrait is to have one)
can also be worked in.
In the second sitting the shadows of the face which
give roundness, the colour in the cheeks, the hair, and
the figure will be forwarded, the principal folds of the
drapery marked in from the sitter, and the masses of light
and shade indicated. In the interval between the second
and third sitting, the tints of the flesh may be softened;
but until the painter has attained some proficiency, nothing
should be added to the flesh in the absence of the sitter.
The drapery may be completed either from a lay figure, or
from the clothes of the sitter, borrowed for that purpose.
The third sitting is occupied chiefly in finishing, soften-
ing, and correcting the likeness.
Lay figures may be had of various sizes from six inches
high to life size. For ordinary purposes, a German lay
figure from twenty-four inches to thirty-six inches will be
found very useful. Wilkie made use of figures about two
feet high, which he clothed, and from which he drew his
drapery; and as the drapery of these figures contained but
few folds, he obtained simplicity and breadth.