Posted at March 18, 2006, 4:55 pm:
Ok, so I am working on my acrylic/oil painting skills. Up until now I have been practicing simply apply my paint to the surface. Sometimes all go all wild and crazy and tone the ground first. In class today, we started talking about and doing under paintings. I'm really not sure I understand what the concept of the underpainting is for. I was reading a "Painting like the old Masters" book in Barnes and Noble and I see for example, if the artist is doing a nude painting, he/she would underpaint the flesh tone areas grey with all of the values being applied in values of grey. I have seen portraits that are more reddish when completed started with a green underpainting and the painting of a pheasant that I was doing in class was recommended to be underpainted in purple because the bird was burgandy with golden yellow areas as the dominant colors. I don't understand why. Can someone explain it, or at least answer these questions?
1. If an underpainting is done in the compliment of the end point color, how does that help?
2. Doesn't the top layer of paint cover over the underpainting and effectively nullify it?
3. Why would grey be used as the underpaint instead of the compliment.
4. Should only the subject and focal points be underpainted with the designated color or should the entire piece be washed with the color as well.
Help. I'm just not getting it.
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Ilaekae,
Thank you my friend for the extremely in depth explanation.
But what's the point of an underpainting with the main complimentary c...
I think we should give Ilaekae a medal or something.
Gringoloco, the underpainting definitely makes the piece more luminesc...
I did that experiment.
Boogie, gouache is opaque by nature.
Bingo.
N 36.
you can use the new water oils.
forgive if these have been answered better already.
How's this??
^ Acrylic ^
[EDIT] Wow, great post, Manly.
I think that threads like this should end up in the tutorials section ...
I would like to thank you Ilaekae and Jason very much for your thoroug...
Thanks for the information.
Still anxiuosly awaiting Ilaekaes tutorial on this one.
Me too
I'm working on it.
Ilaekae, Jason, superior posts.
I'm on it Dog.
Hmmm.
That would be great if you could Loomer.
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Oh, so much great, interesting information, thank you so much, Ilaekae...
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all I can say is:
thank you, ilaekae and jason!
my brother in law ...
A very interesting read, espescially since i wanna try out oil paintin...
Wahey, I tried out underpainting in my Art exam on Monday and it worke...
You smarties need to collaborate on an oil painting book.
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Thanks masque
i read jason's post two times & it looks useful.
Thanks masque, I needed to see that.
Ilaekae and JM's post needs to be remembered.
First, when Jason says, "color composition" is this refering...
hylandr2 this may have already been posted I'm just adding my $.
time to start making a concept art bible for myself :o
you guys are t...
meanwhile Im waiting for the basegreen colours to dry I tried this wit...
Just so you know, it won't work the same with paint at all.
Here's a little demonstration of the reasons underpainting is used.
omg +1000 karma points for making these!
thanks Ilaekae!
You can be my extra-dad any day!
You killer you.
color harmony is simply one part of color composition.
ilaekae.
Thanks fo the time you put in this, it is really interesting and going...
this should be stickied in the Fine Arts Section.
This is great stuff.
I'm not a great expert, but I just took a class on underpainting.
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Applause to Jason and the Ancient One
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This is f...
my litle experement witn an underpainting digitally(painter):
(note th...
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fantastic stuff! I learnt a lot here, I was at the point of moving on ...
Done in oils
The first time I tried to paint this landscape, the co...
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The Venetian method of painting with underpainting
"Titian adopt...
For underpainting - and toned or colored grounds - to be effective it ...
Working out of a dark base.
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