I know the picture quality is very low, thats what you get from a camera phone. This is the second step of Muddy Waters. As you can see I started a slight gradient in the background using Burnt Umber, faded into Mars Yellow. I always find creating a gradient in acrylics especially hard due to the nature of the paint. Acrylic paints dry incredibly fast. Unlike oil paints you have to work very fast to blend your colors, I also use a technique called “scumbling” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ2g5AhFmq0. Now that the background is somewhat established Ican go on…
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Posted in Uncategorized with tags caricature, Illustration, muddy waters on April 1, 2009 by nigelcromwell
Finally Painting Again
Posted in Uncategorized with tags art, caricatures, Illustration on April 1, 2009 by nigelcromwell
This is the first painting that I have worked on in some time. For the past year I’ve been attempting to learn computer software such as photoshop, Illustrator, Painter etc. So I figured it was time to put pen to paper or brush to canvas in this case. This is the first step in my caricature of Jazz musician Muddy Waters. I used gallery wrapped stretcher frames wrapped in canvas. After I stretch a canvas I always spray the back of it with warm water to cause the canvas to constrict just because I like it to be drum tight, then just let it sit for a day or two. This painting is acrylic based. My favorite brand of acrylics are the Golden brand. I loosely painted a sketch using water -downed Burnt Sienna and a number 2 round Winsor Newton acrylic paint brush. After putting down a loose sketch I like to immediately block in the background in one flat color just to get separation. I generally don’t take too much time with my initial sketch, it’s more or less just for size and placement. One the background is blocked in I go on…