A small portrait of Scott & Annie's dog Brooklyn on her 3rd birthday.
Brooklyn - 5" x 5" oil on panel
portrait
Alla Prima Head Painting
16" x 20" oil on canvas panel - 2012
Mixing things up.
After six months of working on grisaille techniques, I've returned to Alla Prima to mix things up. Here are a couple recent studies and works-in-progress.
Grisaille Portrait Study
My first attempt at Grisaille with the help of artist Richard Morris.
Grisaille Portrait | Drawing | Week 1
Grisaille Portrait | Piambura | Week 2
Grisaille Portrait | Process | Week 3
Grisaille Portrait | Process | Week 4
Alanna Grisaille Study
Alanna | Process | Week 4 | 11 x 14" oil on canvas panel - 2012
Here's the progression for a four week grisaille study of Alanna.
As with the above grisaille study, the drawing was done directly on oil primed linen panel. The imprimatura (Raw Umber & Walnut Oil) was applied previous to class.
Then the piambura was painted in week 2 with radiant white, and towards the end of the class, a little raw umber to clean up the drawing and some of the values.
Much thanks to Richard Morris for the instruction.
Alanna | Process | Weeks 1 - 3