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ALLA PRIMA --- Having some teething problems. In the past, I would paint knowing I could paint over the top of it the next day when the paint was touch-dry. But I am trying to copy Mark’s style of painting, which is to carefully check values, colors and to paint the finished version in one go. However, when I did this with a portion of Lucia’s hair, I felt that the hair looked stilted and the darks were too dark. So I decided to paint loosely over this and the rest of the hair with the expectation that I could paint the highlights over the top. However, painting highlights on wet paint is not the same as painting highlights on dry paint and I am worried I won’t be able to do it. Do other people have these same teething problems with wet-on-wet? Have I just ruined a perfectly good piece of work that only needed some minor adjustments. And a consequence, of course, I’ve lost the underlying drawing.
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I don't think you have ruined the painting at all. It looks great on my phone. Just get the darks in her hair in first then gradually work up to the lights. And if you make a mistake wipe it out and repaint. Oils are very forgiving in that sense.