Painting the Figure – Part 2 – Painting with Halftones So, what are halftones exactly? After I painted the…
Painting the Figure – Part 1
Painting the Figure – Part 1 This is actually part of my Siren Series which I am breaking…
Final Stages of a Figure Painting with Oils
Final Stages of a Figure Painting with Oils Usually when I’m working on a figure painting, I write…
Glazing Skin Tones in Oil Painting
Glazing Skin Tones in Oil Painting Following the classical Flemish method of oil painting, I have thus…
Painting the Flesh Tone
Painting the Flesh Tone After painting the Verdaccio and going over the figure with Terre Verte, it’s time to…
Painting the Figure with Terre Verte
Painting the Figure with Terre Verte Terre Verte, or ‘Green Earth’, was commonly used from Medieval Times…
Painting the Verdaccio
Painting the Verdaccio What is the Verdaccio? Verdaccio is an Italian term for the greenish-hued underpaintings common to Early…
Painting the Imprimatura
Painting the Imprimatura Ok, so I’ve just completed the burnt umber imprimatura. This is the second part of the figure…
Charcoal Underdrawing for an Oil Painting
Charcoal Underdrawing for an Oil Painting In the classical method, this is the first stage for my upcoming portrait/figure…
Painting a Still Life of Apples
Painting a Still Life of Apples I had a commission to paint a still life of apples for a…
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 4 – The Background
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 4 – The Background Sometimes, depending on the composition of the painting, it…
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 3 – The Dead Layer
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 3 – The Dead Layer Step 4: Refining the underpainting (the anatomy)…
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 2 – The Underdrawing
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 2 – The Underdrawing I was commissioned to create an oil painting of…
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 1
Painting the Traditional Way – Part 1 When painting the traditional way, the most important thing to consider is that…