Thursday, October 1, 2009

Demo - Top Hat Oil painting

I've done Demos on my Other Blog and I was asked to do one of an American Indian painting.

First I do a drawing on tracing paper that is the same size as the canvas. Then with carbon paper I transfer the image to my canvas

Step 1. In this step I refined my drawing and block in the background color and the red and the blue.

Step 2. After the first layer has dried, I did an underpainting with raw umber to define the lights and darks. I also added some lights to the background

Step 3. Still using the raw umber and white, I put more detail in the face, and feathers. I started painting the hat, the emblem and the starred fabric.

Next: I'll add color to the face and continue adding details

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing! I really like your work and it's great to get an insight into how you create.

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  2. Thanks Gareth. I'm planning on posting the finished painting this weekend

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  3. Thank you for giving us an insight to your development of a painting. Wonderful work.

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  4. Thanks Lokelani. I love seeing how other artists create their work

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