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                                                          special friends. I enjoy using different colors to illuminate a certain shadow or show off a stray hair that has caught the sunlight. When using my favorite method of painting with palette knives, I lay in the dark colors for the shadows first then, cover the canvas so no white shows. In doing so, I can draw out the light areas as I go. Layering the depths of color to create as much life and emotion in my subject as possible.