The drawing is done freehand in charcoal directly on the gessoed panel. Once I had the drawing the way I wanted it I painted in the major lines of the composition. The background will be a ruined wall from a New Mexican pueblo. I started blocking in the color of the adobe and mortar of the wall. The next step will be to add more color to complete the underpainting.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Portrait of Max
Here is the beginning of the underpainting for a portrait of Max. This is the next painting in my "Up Against the Wall" series.
The drawing is done freehand in charcoal directly on the gessoed panel. Once I had the drawing the way I wanted it I painted in the major lines of the composition. The background will be a ruined wall from a New Mexican pueblo. I started blocking in the color of the adobe and mortar of the wall. The next step will be to add more color to complete the underpainting.
The drawing is done freehand in charcoal directly on the gessoed panel. Once I had the drawing the way I wanted it I painted in the major lines of the composition. The background will be a ruined wall from a New Mexican pueblo. I started blocking in the color of the adobe and mortar of the wall. The next step will be to add more color to complete the underpainting.
