This is brilliant, thanks for showing us your process. Can I ask why you do an underpainting? I always do one for oil paintings, it helps guide me, like a sketch in pencil might.
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This is brilliant, thanks for showing us your process. Can I ask why you do an underpainting? I always do one for oil paintings, it helps guide me, like a sketch in pencil might.
The underpainting creates the form of the image and gives the colours something to show up over, especially over a black base, then the colours are applied over the top. If I were to paint with colours straight away, they wouldn't be as vibrant and if i used transparent colours (think a glaze) they wouldn't show up at all over a black base. So think of the white underpainting as the active colour to build the image, then you lay all the colours over the top
Thanks for the in depth answer @jwmackay, you're right, I notice this in my paintings but generally I use a red underpainting to create warmth.. I love how paints do this. Keep up the excellent work I'm looking forward to more. Painters unite!