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Face on Linen (1)
Have had this sketched out for a while – it’s time I started painting achat viagra generique. Here’s the first stage, the start of the underpainting in acrylic. I’m using raw umber. buff titanium and white. Once this is complete I’ll start the colour layers – I’m thinking of painting this in oils. The background…
Another finished
A bit late posting the completion of this face. The difference between these 2 pictures is minuscule but I’ve included them both anyway commander le viagra. One of the beauties about this method of portrait painting is that, once you’ve established the proportions and tones in the monotone under painting, when it comes to adding…
Drawing Bowie
I tend to take photos of my work as it progresses. It’s nice to have a record of how the work has developed and can help with future artwork, plus provides me with content for my social media pages. A photograph can also highlight any areas that aren’t quite right and need addressing – after…
Anna and Charlie in Oils
Following on from my blog on the gridding technique, here is the progress of the painting in oils. For this portrait I used SAA artists acrylics and oils. I like using natural primed canvas for my portraits – I think the colour and texture compliment the subject and I can leave some of the portrait…
Gridding Technique
Obtaining a likeness in a portrait requires the accurate placing and sizing of the features within a well-shaped head. There are a number of methods to do this, one of which is gridding – drawing a grid on both the reference photo and artwork and then transferring the details from each square on the photo…
Loxley Clear Linen Canvas
Very excited to be giving these clear primed linen canvases a go from Loxley. I have 3 figure paintings planned and shall be painting in oils so I’ll work on the 3 concurrently – means I can switch paintings when I need to leave layers to dry. The natural linen works really well with flesh…
Amazing painting
Absolutely fabulous, Jackie. Really beautiful painting.