Saturday, December 31, 2011

The "Arrivederci Venezia" drawing is finished.


And I'm ready to start painting. Since this painting is of Venice I must paint it in the "Venetian Tradition". Now that it's drawn the painting will start with the Grisaille stage. I plan to use Cold Black, White, and one of the Italian "dirt" colors. I haven't decided which one Umber from Umbria or Sienna.

I like how the drawing went. This should be an interesting painting with all the fog and darkness. I'll probably have to do many glazes.

Follow along and lets see how it comes out.

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