Views From The Studio - Step by Step Pictures
Oil Painting Tips
The Creation of "Drawing From Life" fine art oil painting
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This is the blank gessoed panel with no marks on it at all.
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The basic composition has been laid in in pencil and some paint has been
applied as color fields.
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The figure in the foreground is readily apparent at this stage in the
painting.
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More color has been added to the left.
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Rocks and boulders are beginning to appear in the stream.
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Shadows and some of the water in the stream is adding depth.
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A deep pool in the foreground has been painted all at once.
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Most of the water has been laid in, the stream is readily apparent at this
stage.
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The rocks and water below the foreground boulder have been painted in. Almost
all the gesso has been covered, although you can see how it shines through
the glazes in the lighter areas helping to create depth.
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The figure is becoming harder to make out as other hidden imagery
is painted over it.
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More imagery is being added everywhere.
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An area to the left of the foreground boulder has been removed down
to the gesso to change the form of the boulder.
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The previously cleaned off area has been painted, and another area
has been removed to further refine the boulder.
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The cleaned off areas have been repainted.
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Subtle changes are now being added, more of the hidden imagery is
added at this stage.
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More mosses and lichen, along with reflections, are being added over
the previously painted layers.
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Even more mosses, lichen, hidden imagery and reflections are being added.
The color is becoming richer as the glazes are applied.
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Here is the finished "Drawing From Life" fine art oil painting, loaded with hidden imagery.
After the painting is varnished all the colors deepen and become
richer. A similar effect can be seen by wetting a rock to bring out
the colors in it.
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This is a detail of the finished oil painting.
You can see the attention to detail in the moss and dragonfly.
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Here is another look at a detail
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Please contact R. Michelson Galleries to see and purchase paintings and/or engravings (or Fine Impressions for engravings).
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