This Tuesday will be our 3rd. class in our 6 week Fall "Grisaille" class. Week one we discussed the Grisaille method started by the Flemish artists of the past and how we can improve our paintings by including this method as another "tool" in our toolbox of techniques. We also practiced creating a gray scale.
Week two we drew our picture onto the canvas, sprayed on a fixative, and then did our first paint layer called the imprematura layer or Umber layer. We are now ready for our second paint layer know as the "dead" layer because it is done using a monochromatic gray scale - no color. Below is my portrait of "The Loner" that I am doing to teach this important technique.
