I chose to use a grisaille technique for the painting of this old man in watercolor. Grisaille is an old technique oil painters used to develop a monochromatic value study, kinda like a road map for your painting. This later served as a base for the addition of transparent layers of color. For this painting, I chose to use a limited palette of dioxazine purple, Naples yellow, alizarin crimson for the face with a pop or 2 of transparent orange and green gold at the end. **This is not a palette I would choose again and here's why. Naples yellow doesn't pack any punch and is opaque. This is not a great mix when you need to cover or mute the purple. Diox purple is also strong stainer, making it difficult to remove pigment. Sometimes this is ok, but didn't really help on this piece. I started this gentleman with an ink sketch that can be found in my Strathmore watercolor 400 series journal. I love the quality of paper in this journal but I wish it wou...
Tammy, thanks for joining my blog and helping me find yours. Very interesting work! I am in awe that you m,anage to do all this art while caring for 4 children, and one a baby at that!
ReplyDeleteI voted for your picture on the Winsor Newton site. the clowns are very unique.
Thank you Mary for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate your support in rating my painting. I havent really been out there in a few years and it is kind of intimidating getting back into it.
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