A Beautiful Face “Grisaille study in oil”

I wanted to do a quick study just to test out a few things I am working toward. Here is a 30 to 40 minute quick block in I did then smoothed out with a quick blend. I was shooting for likeness and just what I could do in a short period of time.

For a 30 to 40 minute grisaille, I am quite pleased, though I see a lot of room for refinement which I would do if this was more than just a quick study. A little more refinement then I would let the paint dry then come back and lay in a nice layer of liquin, then I would let that dry over night then begin to glaze in color layers.

Well anyway, I have a few more studies I am working on over the next few days I will try and get them posted. Oh, please excuse the can I painted to the left, it was just a warm up nothing more.

Oil Study A Layered approach

Just wanted to take a break from drawing and get my paints out. Here is a quick oil study. It is on a simple canvas pad. Step 1, I first toned the pad with a thin tonal wash of Ivory Black thinned with turp. Then after it dried which took just a few minutes I proceeded to draw my partial face with a cap on. For the drawing I used Ivory Black thinned with liquin.

Step 2, after drying over night, I glazed in some color. The color I used was Cad Red Light again thinned with liquin then glazed in the flesh area. After I had the flesh glazed in I glazed the stocking cap with Ultramarine Deep thinned with liquin. Step 3, I let it dry then glazed the colors again as I did in step 2. Then added a background just to bring out the colors more.

Truthfully, at this point it is ready for additional opaque layers to be added. But, then this is not a serious piece just a study of which I was testing an idea I have. Anyway, I hope you like it. P.S. I like the intensity of the eye.

Mark Branscum