a quick sketch
February 4th, 2011 by Taaron Parsons
Here’s a monochromatic sketch I did last night. It is oil on linen, about 13×16. It used some good ole’ Winsor and Newton burnt sienna with a small amount of winsor green (or veridian) to tone down the background underpainting. I really enjoy doing these kind of monochrome studies. It really helps me free up my brushwork and allows me to focus on pure drawing with a brush. They tend to be pretty quick as well, which is an added bonus.
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February 5th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
They look FANTASTIC….Can I buy them???
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Marius
February 6th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Thanks Marius. If you are in the middle tennessee area, it will be available at the David Lipscomb Art Event this weekend. Here’s a link: http://news.lipscomb.edu/filter.asp?SID=91&fi_key=762&co_key=6780
Otherwise, you are welcome to email me anytime to purchase a work.
Thanks again.
Taaron.
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:05 pm
That’s just beautiful! Remarkably executed ! I have noticed that the amount of paint I apply will give me the large range of values I need. I never mix the base color (burn umber or venitian red) with anything at all. Is your approach similar? More paint for darker tones … or do you mix the base to obtain lighter or darker tones? Many thanks for sharing
March 7th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Tony, thanks so much for your kind words. It’s my pleasure to share. Glad you enjoy it.
You are right on track with using the volume of paint to create the values. Here, i’ve mixed nothing with the burnt sienna except for just a small amount of veridian to tone down the under-wash. The portrait, however, is straight from the tube. From there, it’s just applying paint where there is value – thickly for darker values, on down to very thin for lighter tones. Most of the lighter ranges of value are either scumbled in with a dry brush, or “smudged” with my fingers.