I spent some time this weekend refreshing myself by reading about oil paints and methods. I looked at some amazing artwork that really challenged me to stretch my approach.
In my work, a painting is created in a fairly direct manner, meaning I mix and apply the paint directly from the tube modeling it within the value scale until I achieve my vision.
I decided to try the indirect method with the peacock. I began by painting a highly detailed image in grays. This is called grisaille and will serve as the structure for the completed work. Once it is dry I will apply several glazes of color over the next weeks until I get what I want. In other words the colors are optically rather than physically mixed. It is much like stacking pieces of colored glass on top of each other to obtain a luminous result.
I will post images as a go along. Hang in with me and lets see how it goes.
5 comments:
I'm very interested to watch how this progresses! I already like it a lot.
Tracey, nice to see your blog. Sharing w others is so important to my view of life, so I'm excited when another artist also shares information.
This tecnique is one I enjoy using the most when oil painting. Nice to hear of your approach to your fabulous peacock! It's amazing!
jeanne
Cool Tracey, how strange you should do this because I have done a similar thing with a painting nearly complete. It was influenced by something I read on a 'flemish masters technique' Basically they use about 7 layers of paint, time consuming so I havent followed it word by word!
What a great way to stretch. Really looking forward to seeing where you take this. Of course, I loved the glass analogy you used too! :D
Tracey!
I've heard of this technique before. It's an old master's way of painting, right?
I can't wait to see how this looks compared with your previous works!
-Dean
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