or HOW TO KNOW when NOT to start a painting
I am not big on preparation. I hate the boring stuff. Gesso, undercolor, sketching. If I could, I would skip directly to coloring. BUT. If you are like me, impulsive and rushing, you're more than likely to find yourself with a lot of unfinished business.
So here goes, my exceptional tutorial:
1. You prime your wood panel with gesso. If you are sane, you must put there at least 2+ layers. If you're me, you might leave it at 1. Don't.
So, you prime:
You put the base color:
You blow-dry (see? impatient altready!)
then you sketch:
and you start painting (values, undertones, etc.)
And just when you're right about here,
you STOP!
Rubbish, no good, don't finish, throw away!
Why?
(meaning asides from the obvious mid-process state.
Well, don't judge by that, they all look kind of freakish until shortly before they're done).
You stop,
because:
The paint just WON'T lay on the panel. Not like it's supposed to.
So you can't get the result you must get.
And the panel has all these half-raised fibers that look threateningly wild-spirited,
If you scratch them, they might come off.
There goes. Bye-bye to my sweet hours spent so far on this piece.
Err if you must, dear friends. Or if you wish, learn by me.
Layers of Gesso: 2+
And don't rush.
And don't rush.
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