She Will Not Be Going: Painting Update 2
May 10, 2009
Painting update
This is the latest version of the new painting I started. I’ve only roughed in the back wall to get the basic values I wanted without bothering now to do much blending. The area around the lamp will be worked on later. I’ll work on her arm next, and then jump over to the right side and get the dark areas laid in.
Detail of face
Instead of working in an isolated section all the way to finish, I’m stopping just short of there, and then moving over to another area to bring that region up to the same level. This keeps me moving across the whole painting and helps keep it more unified, as well as maintaining my interest. In this case I expect everything to be fairly close in value. Once I’ve placed in the darker and lighter areas I get a good idea of the spacial depth I’m working in.
Read the other posts in this series:
First sketch, Degas, Part 3, Part 4
