Under Painting

5/11/2014 - In this session we were looking at under painting, which can be used for identifying tone in the image or object you are painting. If you start with this as a base layer then put white over the top, you can see that the tone shows through, making it easier to paint the final object. This technique is really useful as a base for a painting. 

Materials I used during this session were oil paints, white spirit to clean the brushes and to dilute and mix the paints as water and oil won't mix, and paintbrushes, and a rag to easily correct any mistakes while I was painting. Techniques I used during this session were painting, measuring and final study.

Areas of my work that I think worked well are my use of tone and shading of the cloth underpainting, but I don't think that my painting skills were too good, painting is one of my weaknesses and I don't particularly enjoy it as much. Overall I think my underpainting worked quite well and I will be able to use it if I need to in future.