Now I begin blocking in areas of the painting with simple colours, using acrylic paint mixed to a rather thin consistency. The sky is primarily cerulean blue, darkened somewhat with ultramarine blue at the top of the canvas and lightened with white nearer the horizon. The land mass in the background is a mixture of sap green, ultramarine blue and white. The darks that I have painted into the plumage of the eagle is burnt umber. The ripples on the water are a mixture of burnt umber and ultramarine blue. A bit of white is used to highlight the area lit by the sun breaking through the clouds in the background. Not much paint has been applied yet, but already the mood and general look of the painting has been established. A painting begins to emerge!
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Painting Progression-Between Nations-Step 4
Now I begin blocking in areas of the painting with simple colours, using acrylic paint mixed to a rather thin consistency. The sky is primarily cerulean blue, darkened somewhat with ultramarine blue at the top of the canvas and lightened with white nearer the horizon. The land mass in the background is a mixture of sap green, ultramarine blue and white. The darks that I have painted into the plumage of the eagle is burnt umber. The ripples on the water are a mixture of burnt umber and ultramarine blue. A bit of white is used to highlight the area lit by the sun breaking through the clouds in the background. Not much paint has been applied yet, but already the mood and general look of the painting has been established. A painting begins to emerge!
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