Progress with Vegas
Today I started to work on the underpainting, this is what I have so far. When I have the underpainting finished, I'll scan it in, it'll be much more clear than this photo.
posted by SEILER at 4:12 PM
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Today I started to work on the underpainting, this is what I have so far. When I have the underpainting finished, I'll scan it in, it'll be much more clear than this photo.
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13 Comments:
so far so good!! now usually i would do the under painting just for the sake of drawing- i hate to waste time having to re render things (not that your wasting time- what works for you is just that!)
- so basically a umber under painting SIMPLIFIED- then i go in with opaque paint- the method that u are incorporating, to me seems sum thing more to the extent of say... the beginnings of a glazing technique-
now when it comes to color keep it UNIFIED! bahhhhh - what do i kno =P you kno what yer doing-
Looking awesome, Jason! When adding colour, will you pre-mix your colours and values to match your underpainting, or mix as you go?
Grigor,
Sometimes I just do a raw umber underpainting, just using turps, I just felt like doing it this way this time. For me, I'm not wasting time, this first stage doesn't take me that long to do, when I get to the next stage, the painting will be 70% finished, the colors and values will of course be unified, or I should say have harmony. We still need to get together some time, I'd love to watch you paint, I could learn a thing or two from you on oil painting!
And yes Marco, I will pre mix , and make sure that my colors match the correct value, I also mix as I go, if that makes sense. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm still learning, I enjoy learning and I enjoy a challenge.
Looking nice! My sister is getting married next year, and I'm planning a similar kind of thing.
I've never used oils, do you use the same underpainting technique when you work in acrylics? What colour do you use for the underpainting?
Thanks Dan. No, I don't do an underpainting with acrylics. I thin my colors down and paint with them very transparent, almost like using watercolor. Then as I paint I start to build it up until it becomes opaque. There are times I have with a thin wash of acrylic painted a layer of red or red-orange over the entire surface, and then began painting over that. That warmth will show through to en extent.
Great. Thanks for the advice! Looking forward to seeing this painting progress.
Have you tried red iron oxide? I've only used it a few times, but they've all been really nice. Golden was the brand I used. It isn't opaque at all, you can slop it right on the surface out of the tube if you wanted. But it warms any surface up.
...jason, thanks for showing us the stages of this painting....appreciate your sharing.
Thank you Judy, I'm learning new things too! :)
must say that overall I am really impressed with this blog.
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