Painting The Eye, Part 1
Added 2020-10-31 23:00:02 +0000 UTCIn this lesson I will explain my palette choice for this painting and talk you through every step as I take it.
I highly encourage you to work along with me. Here is what you will need:
- 1 canvas with an imprimatura (a dried layer of thin/transparent paint on it).
- Flake white, Ivory black, Alizarin crimson, Vermillion, & Yellow-brown.
- Brushes, palette knife, palette cup, & a little bit of linseed oil.
Comments
I paint in clearly delineated layers and with a general idea of the limit of layers I am willing to use on a painting. For a study this is usually 3. If each layer is thoroughly repainted, there is not usually much need for boiling out and so any resistant quality of the previous layer to an application of oil is not relevant. Eventually, all paint sinks in and so necessitate a final varnish. However, in between layers, I would never use varnish.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2025-03-01 11:13:27 +0000 UTCWhen I did the lady Agnew portrait, I had a problem with erratic shininess (kind of dry area here and there). I know that using only oil and liquin defeat the law of fat on lean. I know that raw umber repels oil (Xavier de Langlais dixit) and I don't understand why many artist still use that color. How do you deal with theese issues? Do you rely only on a final varnish?
Jean Pierre Daviau
2025-03-01 11:07:05 +0000 UTCPaper painted with PVA glue before the oil paint
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2024-07-07 20:36:33 +0000 UTCThe Canvas that is in this tutorial , is it wood or paper? I am trying out different surfaces and wonder which you prefer.
AngieG
2024-07-07 20:35:53 +0000 UTC
