Cottage at Sea Breeze, 12X16″ oil sketch
This is for my students… a primer in setting up a painting. This is not a finished painting, and it’s probably a bit on the “tight” side since I was doing it solely to demonstrate how I want them to work tomorrow, but so be it.
My goal was to finish this in three hours, including set-up and tear down, since that’s what I expect of them.
- I did a sketch in watercolour pencil; then followed that by blocking in the darks.
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Then I blocked in the major shapes, working from dark to light, in the right values and hues.
- Then I added such details as I was able to finish in the time allotted.
Done in 2 hours, 45 minutes, actually. Would have put the fence details in with a rigger brush but I forgot to bring it. And it was time to go canoeing with my kids.