ive taken a break from oil painting the past 4-5 months but here is one i did last year.(shitty iphone pic) you can see heavy sfumato on the left edge of the face almost completely fading in with the background. did it by making a really transparent glaze of ivory black and medium and layering it over the edge of his face and letting it dry a few days then doing it again until desired effect was achieved.


i used it in this painting as well but i think i went a little overboard.