Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Commissioned Landscape
by Claire Beadon Carnell
Step 2 - Initial Laying in of Color


This is the second stage of the landscape painting I am working on. In this phase of work I am blocking thin layers of color in, keeping them the same value (lightness or darkness) as the underpainting.
I also start to do some refining, without getting into a lot of detail. I shifted the fence over to the left because I felt it was too centered. Think this works much better.
At the end of my painting session, I take a palette knife and lightly skim over the painted surface to remove any thick spots of paint. I want to keep this layer thin, and save the thicker, more textured paint for later on in the process.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

2 comments:

Pat Koscienski said...

This is looking really good, Claire. Can't wait to see the next step. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, also.

Claire Beadon Carnell said...

Thanks, Pat. Don't think I will be doing too much painting tomorrow - will be too full of turkey!