Based on the previous work (The Girl with the Pearl Earing).
I will try to apply somo old masters technique, mixing oil painting with egg tempera, this I have found the sometimes they call it Mische Technique. The steps I applied are as follows:
A wooden 55 x 46 cms panel is prepared with 6 layers of gesso. Then, it is sanded until it shines. Then a red gouache layer is applied as backround. After the gouache layer, I continued with a detailed drawing with soft pencil
The drawing is stabilized with a fixative
When the fixative is dry I applied a layer of medium (a sticky medium made with 1 part of stand oil, 1 part of turpentine and 3 parts of dammar varnish)
This layer is dryed by hand tapping over the panel until it becomes opaque
The next step is paint the lights with egg tempera
After the lights are ready I applied a layer ocher yellow over the drawing (no a glazing, but a layer of paint) 
Then when it dryes I applied again the sticky medium and did more lights with egg tempera getting more volume. 
Then, the next step is apply a glazing on the face with Quinacridone Rose and Indian Yellow
After it comes a glazing of the sweater with cerulean blue, Quinacridone rose, and raw umber
More lights...
More glazing on the face...
More Lights...
Painting of the background...
More glazing...
More lights, etc
Patience...
And finally you may finish applying more paint (paste)
- Still is an unfinished work, you have to have much patience in order to not loose the transparencies and the 3D look.
- This is a Patience work but it is worth!
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