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A Work in Progress...

The line drawing - front:

This stage sets the groundwork for the actual painting: composition, development of grisaille, and textural motion. Traditionally fine drawing pens loaded with india ink are usually used, but I like to use a silver point stylus to develop my ideas.  This creates a fine, precise yet soft gray line.  Then I augment that detail with india ink in the foreground in order to build in distance from the get-go.  The image, a simple canalscape of Bruges for the frontside contrasted with...

Predijkherrenrij_Grande BW front


The line drawing - back:

...a quotation from Nisargadatta Maharaj on the back.  I imagine here a field of blue sky, with this text luminously vibrating through the blueness. Which begins with the next level of image development, color, using egg tempera.

Predijkherrenrij back BW

Techie Stuff

The value study
Check out the Atelier Artisanal informative discussion blog on this topic.

The support
Check out the Atelier Artisanal informative blog on panel selection.

Gesso
Atelier Artisanal informative blog on preparing a panel for painting.

Silver point
Atelier Artisanal informative blog discussing using silver point as an underdrawing.

Egg tempera
The Atelier Artisanal blog covering the basics on painting with eggs. Informative experience welcomed.

Mixed technique
Atelier Artisanal blog discussing Nicolas Wacker's method from the Ecole des Beaux Art, Paris. Questions invited.


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