In Which is a Wedding Portrait Update

Apr 29, 2009 11:47

I've finished the oil sketch and am now working on the large painting. Here are some steps in the oil sketch.

The underdrawing, full of errors and what not:



It could have been better, but I fixed things. I forgot how long oil paints take to dry. I got fed up quickly. So, while I was waiting for the fatty whites to dry:



Much bettar! After I got the figures done, Matt, my professor told me that I need to nail the composition down more, and he was right. So I threw some shadows in, and then the idea for the background just came so easily. And now finished! With skyflowers:



I've the drawing roughly down on the large canvas, but I don't have a picture.

Now, I just need a large tube of Gamblin Terre Verte and I can start rolling on the painting!
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