Day 16 30 Day Challenge Bulldog Black/White Study
As I said I have frittered away the lead that I had so am now down to trying to do some quick things to get caught up and try to get ahead a bit. So the next days are hurried only a small amount of time each, maybe less than hour each on this one and tomorrow landscape. I always learn something by doing black/white/gray studies. Tonal or value paintings are pretty much what I use for one of my beginning steps. Like the Old Masters I try to find the darkest darks, lightest lights and then the mid tones. I might try to do him again but in color but just might try doing them in glazes over the top of the grisaille that I have done here. Will be a bit difficult because the paper I am using will probably buckle but maybe if I keep it a drier wash it will work for me. Yessss, then I might be able to get another free day!! One of the things about the bull dogs is that they have lots of wrinkles and in the acrylics I find that harder to do, to get the ...
