Dale
Posts : 573 Join date : 2009-11-17 Location : Near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| Subject: Onions Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:10 pm | |
| I thought I would get a start on some still life so grabbed some onions out of the fridge and did an acrylic underpainting. I also discovered that onions develop much more interesting peeling when left in a hot cottage. Must remember to have them drier to begin with. [img] [/img] | |
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Sofie Moderator
Posts : 713 Join date : 2009-11-27 Location : Courtenay, BC, Canada
| Subject: Re: Onions Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:05 pm | |
| Very nice start. | |
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Dana C
Posts : 379 Join date : 2010-06-02 Location : Seattle/Snohomish, WA
| Subject: Re: Onions Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:45 am | |
| Great detail Dale -- Are you using paynes gray for your black and white? | |
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Dale
Posts : 573 Join date : 2009-11-17 Location : Near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| Subject: Re: Onions Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:20 am | |
| I did the underpainting in rgular acrylics black and white. I tried to be very careful capturing the correct tonal qualities - lots of mixing of B&W. I used a tonal scale, held it up next to a piece of cardboard with a small rectangle in it so I could see both the subject and the value scale with the light falling on both. Then I matched the value. It was so much easier when I was able to isolate specific areas. | |
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Krista Hasson
Posts : 5 Join date : 2010-07-31 Location : New Brunswick
| Subject: Re: Onions Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:25 am | |
| These are going to be fantastic Dale! | |
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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: Re: Onions Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:13 pm | |
| Wonderful underpainting Dale! You have a great eye for values. | |
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Dale
Posts : 573 Join date : 2009-11-17 Location : Near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| Subject: Re: Onions Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:47 pm | |
| Thanks everyone - I used a comparative value scale this time and I think it made a difference | |
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