I went to the drawing session this morning and tried to apply some of the things I've been learning lately from the tutorial sessions by Adam Ford and Dave McClellan. I painted this almost entirely with Painter's "Loaded Palette Knife," because I wanted a different effect than in my usual paintings.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjviQlXnzmGNbxjBIH2DOpu9s9PI0f7K9GSD5AcpdDsvkM4MTy58JP4v8gByyO_HhCBtAuYJ3jmLb6Za23waT-juZEvaXBk7ofI_cjMg5Nq3l0X6CPUoelJHG7EdHbvwPnl7K-/s320/SNielson_Life_Portrait1.jpg)
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