Underpainting VS No Underpainting? Full Tutorial
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Marine Dutton explains how underpainting, followed by color glazes, simplifies painting for beginners and leads to impressive results. Using lean and fat mediums, tools like q-tips, and different techniques, artists can create realistic effects, depth, and structure in their paintings, tackling tone and color considerations effectively.
Insights
- Underpainting is a foundational technique utilized by artists to plan compositions and establish tonal values, simplifying the painting process and yielding impressive outcomes, particularly beneficial for beginners.
- The meticulous process of underpainting involves using lean mediums for transparent layers, gradually building tones with a variety of tools, focusing on soft edges in shadows and highlights, and strategically layering colors to enhance depth and structure, ultimately contributing to the strength and power of the final painting.
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Recent questions
What is underpainting?
A technique by old masters to plan compositions.
How do you start underpainting?
Use a lean medium for a thin, transparent layer.
What is the purpose of soft edges in underpainting?
Ensure a realistic effect in shadows and highlights.
How do you block in colors after underpainting?
Use Zest-it Clear Painting Medium for a fat layer.
How does underpainting enhance a final painting?
Offers strength, power, depth, and structure.
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