Sleeping cow on grass on sunny day - WIP stages
Sleeping cow on grass on sunny day - oil painting stages |
The above panel shows stages of a
painting, the subject of which is a cow dropping asleep in a field.
Basic photographic reference was
obtained on one of my trips about in the area of Lyndhurst, situated
within the area of the New Forest, UK.
Stretched watercolour paper is used as
the support base, which was then given a coat of 'gesso' to seal the
paper from any leakage of oil paint, to be placed later on top. Once
the gesso was dry an orange acrylic wash was applied on top, after
which the drawing of the cow scene was done on top using a brown
acrylic paint and fine brush, and white paint to help indicate blocks
of light for the tonal values. Following this, diluted oil paint was
then used to place down the initial base colours. This
'under-painting' layer provides a good key to the last stage, which
is when the oil paint is applied thicker to provide the final details
and colours within the artwork.
The finished painting can be seen on
this link.
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