Post #282334 by Sneakytiki on Thu, Feb 1, 2007 1:24 AM

TSA, I've always avoided the old projector trick as well, but with your detailed compositions, I dunno, I wouldn't blame you, although it's admirable that you freehand it again.

You're just getting used to the whole underpainting process, once you get it down it's not so bad. Sometimes it adds alot of depth to the painting as in when u leave xparent areas like in your underwater painting, if u paint all opaque, it's just a waste of paint, but of course you know that.

If I'm going to do an underpainting and want to do it right the 1st time (I'm lazy/impatient and usually don't underpaint), I'll use a vine charcoal stick to put in some basic outlines before painting in the outlines in earth tone so I don't underpaint all over the place and have to start over. If you make a mistake the charcoal blows or dusts off easier than the burnt umber, real easy, and the beauty of it (at least in oils) is that the burnt umber paint picks up the charcoal dust pretty imperceptibly, I think this works in acrylics too. If u left a pencil outline/mark in a xparent or xluscent area the pencil marks (graphite pencil) would show through rather than dissolving into the paint like charcoal does.

....Now I'll take my finger paints an give Picasso some advice on painting, lol!

TSA rocks the brush!
Sneaky

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2007-02-01 01:43 ]