Blocking in the sky! I normally do at least three or four coats of the sky before I am satisfied!
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Blocking in the sky! I normally do at least three or four coats of the sky before I am satisfied!
Before the painting can be started I feel that you must do research on the animal and how it moves. I feel the best way to do this is to see them in the wild or in an aquarium setting where you can watch them and take your own photographs.
Drawings are complete, cut out, and pasted onto paper. Using a photocopier that enlarges/reduces your drawing will save you a huge amount of time re-drawing!
I loaded the photograph onto my computer and gridded up my canvas (it had been sitting around at home for a long time, waiting for a subject that would suit its size).
I explore my options with some sketches. This helps me work out my composition and the abstract pattern or design. I felt the head was turned slightly too far to the dog’s right and the tip of the nose touching her back was distracting
What came first: The title or the painting? For me, it can be either. There is nothing worse than staring at a blank canvas. Normally I will rough out a couple of layouts (on A4 or A3 layout paper) of the subject I am going to paint.
I usually start a new painting by looking through my stored digital photographs, on the computer, that I have taken over the years.
I chose a 16 x 12 inch stretched canvas, from ‘Highly Strung’ Picture Framers of Eumundi in Queensland, which I primed with a liberal coating of Red Ochre Gesso.
I begin with a pre-stretched and primed canvas. On my mixing plate I start with Payne’s Grey, Cobalt Teal and Titanium White and a small amount of MM1 Drying Retarder in the middle.
I coat my craft board with two coats of Gesso Primer (rolled by preference). The board needs to be well sealed, to give an even finish on the painting.