Oil Painting Duplication

This phase is the second phase of a basic approach for creating an oil painting. The first phase is the design phase and involves the development of the scene you want to paint. Thus, the early phase block, we assume that we have a painting with the drawing of our scene in this regard.

During the design phase we have already solved many problems and made many decisions about the composition, light source, design, discussion point, etc. It's a good situation because it is much better to correct errors as soon the outset that when you already have a lot of paint on your canvas.

The block-in phase is to establish forms of large color as indicated by the drawing. The emphasis here is on correctly observing the color of these forms and making sure to maintain good geometry.

At this stage, you should not be affected by the delineation of details. I usually work with very diluted paint-out and a brush that feels a bit too big for the work I do.

Start with the darkest forms. Make sure you do not ignore these dark colors. You will rarely find something that is totally black. Most dark colors have a certain bias, such as blue, brown or purple.

Then I fill the brightest color large forms (for example, those colors that stand or jump on you). Observe and analyze the color based on hue, value and intensity. Also, make sure the colors are harmonized.

Finally, I put in many more subtle colors are duller and more difficult to judge. Note that these colors are more confused as important as the colors. In fact, they are part of the reason why the colors can shine as they do.

Again, in this phase it is important to give up details. Only two things count in this phase:

1) The color of the main forms correct. This requires careful observation, analysis and blending colors. It is important to check and recheck and if you feel the color is not quite right, you should take the time to correct, even if you scrape the canvas.

2) A copy of the design geometry. There is often a tendency to grow things. For example, when painting large areas of a flower, we tend to flower naturally the largest. So, be disciplined and keep looking at the picture and stay in the lines. Keep everything in its position and its actual dimensions, and do not forget to paint the bottom, if it exists.

At the end of this phase, the canvas must be completely covered with paint, ie, no white areas should be left unpainted. This way, you have a good idea of how all the colors look like compared to the other without the presence of the white canvas hard. You'll also be in good position to judge how harmonizes all colors and if you need to make corrections. And once again, blocking you to add all the details.

In this article, we had a detailed overview of the so-called block in the phase of the painting process. The end result is a fully colored canvas of large complex shapes with good color in terms of hue, value and intensity. During this phase, we also paid attention to the harmony of colors.