Ongoing, realistic painters who allying to receive matters hold up before applying colour ofttimes brew handle of the Grisaille manner. Widely used by aged masters, this mode involves applying a monochrome underpainting, then glazes and, lastly, opaque paints. The underpainting is normally a compound of melanoid and bleached or a combination of despondent, umber and bleached.
Instructions
1. Frame a limit delineation on your canvas using charcoal, thinned umber, ocher or ultramarine dismal. Be persuaded to set your charcoal portrayal with a fixatif. Let the paint dry.
2. Mix your colors with white to make them opaque and lighter. Gradually increase the amount of oil in your medium for a fat-over-lean approach.7.
Start to mass in your darks and lights. Apply paint thinly to hasten drying time.
4. Apply your middle values. Stand back from the painting often to see if you like the overall pattern of light and dark. Keep your value contrast sharp in the underpainting. You can always soften it later.
5. Add glazes for your dark areas. Mix the color or colors with a ready-made glazing medium. Transparent colors work better than the opaque ones. Check the manufacturer's painting chart to learn which colors are transparent.
6. Begin to put in your lighter colors and the highlights. Mix the underpainting colors you want to apply. Many painters make up three equal batches of light, medium and dark colors to be efficient. Use an alkyd white in the underpainting to accelerate drying time.3.
Study the works of old masters who have used this technique. Try copying a painting for practice. (See Resource)
