I tried pink underpaintings with these four pieces. Finished paintings I often see artists laying out pink/magenta underpainting on canvas. They often leave some pink/magenta edges in the following layers. It makes the painting very interesting because you can see through the warm and saturate underneath color. I am curious about this pink/magenta base colorContinueContinue reading “Trying out pink underpainting”
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Green foundation in figure oil painting
Background After using green foundation technique for pastel portrait drawing, I wanted to try it with oil paint. Cuong Nguyen has 3 videos for an oil painting portrait. https://youtu.be/HQjwtyOITKY https://youtu.be/MFWf-2p0cf8 https://youtu.be/Kb33fEopJKQ My painting practice I tried with his palette using burnt umber, ivory black, yellow oxide and titanium white. However, mine is not as “green”ContinueContinue reading “Green foundation in figure oil painting”
Green foundation of pastel drawing portrait
Background I found out Cuong Nguyen YouTube channel one day. And it surprised me since it was the first time that I saw someone using green color as foundation of portrait drawing. Yes, green color. It is not just green tint but actually greenish green color. But the result was stunning! His drawing blows myContinueContinue reading “Green foundation of pastel drawing portrait”