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What You'll Learn:

*The supplies used for sketching the portrait in oil

*Methods for blocking in large shapes for quick portrait studies from life

*Accurate measuring for a likeness

*Color harmony

*Lighting considerations for setting up the model

*Direct painting in one session

Full Video Length: 01:40:51

She entered the Oil Painters of America show once and got 7th place. In 1998 and 2000 she won an artist choice award in the Northwest Rendezvous Show.

Susan draws inspiration from painters of the Guilded age such as Anders Zorn, Joaquin Sorolla and John Singer Sargent. She also is passionate about artists like Philip Malavin from Russia and contemporary masters Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik. Lyon's technique is to paint wet on wet to start and then wet on dry for her finishing touches. "My style is realistic with as much impressionistic color as possible. I like to combine wide brushes for sweeping strokes in the background with small, soft brushes for subtle details in my center of interest."

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