Date and Time: 2016.3.3, 4:00-5:30 and 2016.3.7, 012:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Chandler 206 Lab
Subject: Flower Still-Life in Oil
Materials:
- Prepared canvases (lead white ground layer already applied)
- Pouncing materials (flower design, charcoal, needle)
- Acrylic paint (vermillion)
- Prepared oil paints (burnt sienna, brown umber, assorted yellows)
- Raw materials to make oil paints (linseed oil, assorted pigments)
- Brushes, etc.
Procedure
On Thursday I transferred the tulip design to the prepared canvas using the charcoal pouncing method that we used for the distemper painting earlier. I outlined the pounced design with yellow ochre and then removed as much charcoal residue as possible from the lead white ground layer.
On Monday, I painted in a dead layer of vermillion acrylic. We used acrylic for this step so that it would dry fast (as opposed to using oil, which would be the authentic method, but which would take much longer to dry. Using acrylic was more convenient, though it is anachronistic).
I then pained in successive layers of yellow detail. I started with a mid-tone of yellow umber and then followed with lighter tones (added more lead white) and a darker tone (yellow ochre). I used linseed oil to thin out all of these yellow paints.
Lastly, I combined brown umber pre-prepared oil paint with some lamp black + linseed oil to make a dark tone that I used for the seeds in the center of the tulip and the dark background of the painting. The painting was then placed flat in a sunny windowsill in the lab to dry.
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