"Albina" (pastel, 6x6 inches)
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Day 5 in my 30-Paintings-in-30-Days of November, and the last of my 'early batch'. I'm up in Springfield Missouri this weekend teaching a workshop, so tomorrow I should have a finished demo to post, and maybe some workshop pics.
Here are some progress shots of Albina:
My unique underpainting process starts with layers of a gold colored primer. This is Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold
fluid acrylic color mixed into
Golden (brand) Fine Pumice Gel. The gel is clear, so the color mixture is semi-transparent, and gets darker on each application.
Three layers of the gold.
The final layer of primer is the
Art Spectrum (brand) Pastel Primer
in the terra cotta color. I lay it into the darkest areas, then scrub
and dry-brush it into the medium values of the gold to continue the
value scale and add more depth to the monochromatic underpainting. This ghostly white goat needed very little terra cotta.
Then comes the fun part - coloring!
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