Friday, September 1, 2017

Vulture: New painting work in progress 3

I started painting on canvas today. This one will be 48"x30" and is about as big as my easel can take. Here is the painting as it exists right now.


 
I will continue painting the grisaille until I am satisfied with the detail and the tonal range and then I will switch over to oils for the color work.
 
 
 This is the pencil drawing on the canvas.
 
Here I did a very thin wash with burnt umber, raw sienna and a lot of matte medium to seal in the drawing and give me a neutral base to do the grisaille over.

I decided I wanted a bigger bowl and I wanted it to stick up over the table top
 to add some more dimension.

I also lowered the table top more and started painting in the darkest shadow areas.

Here I painted in the mid tones and some highlights. It's hard to get good blending even with the matte medium and a little water. I find it is easier to work in one section at a time and blend as I go. I'm still happy with how it's going and know I can always blend better in the oil layers.

I think it's time to refine my idea for the people in the bowl so that will be my next task while I continue roughing in the paint.






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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