I wish I could own a little Dutch Master. I think it is unlikely so I thought I might try and copy one of my favorites.

The canvas was stretched and three coats of gesso was applied. The design was sketched with soft pastel in the appropriate colors. The texture was applied using modeling paste, palette knife and gesso. When this was thoroughly dry, the background colors and the major design elements were painted. I used at least two colors on the palette for each design element and three colors for the background. The paints are mixed together on the canvas spontaneously using three-inch hous