"I believe I have had the most trouble with a portrait which I painted in installments - the head on one canvas and the bust on another."

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I work on stretched linen canvas, sized so that the surface already has a sense of tension when I begin. It is a very rich and reactive surface. I begin by drawing on the canvas with a kind of loose line, very simply and freely. I paint very thinly, which allows me to change the drawing if I want to.

— Sean Scully