Monthly Archives: June 2010

Ciao! Giorno…

2nd painting on the tomatoes has begun…all of my brushes were in use at once
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Ciao! Giorno 6

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Ciao! Giorno 4

I am making good progress here. This is first painting stage heading into second painting stage. There was a little sinking in but a quick “oil in” allowed me to get the remaining values at their correct value. The forms now turn or look more three-dimensional. Tomorrow, I will be working in second painting from [...]
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Ciao! Giorno 3

It is day 3 and here are the results. This is the dead coloring stage. Tomorrow, I will work on the pot to start adding depth and dimension.
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Ciao! Giorno 2 – 5pm progress

Here is the first stage of painting. This is just raw umber and turps to get the general value scale. Now, it has to dry so that I can add the darkest darks before I move onto the dead coloring stage. A domani…
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Ciao! Side by Side

Here is the drawing 1:1 alongside the actual still life. One more step to post ….
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Ciao! Giorno 2

Here is the finished drawing for the still life. It took me awhile to get that ellipse Next, the drawing gets transferred to the canvas that we prepared with a campitura, value 4, of burnt umber and cremnitz white. In a previous workshop, we used raw umber but this combination will be warmer [...]
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Ciao! Giorno 1 – Angel Academy of Art, Firenze, Italia

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