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Washes and More Washes

 

 In this class we'll start layering washes - that is putting one on top of another.  Some of this we'll do wet so the washes run together, and others we'll do when the underlying wash is dry.  This technique is called glazing, while the wet on wet is referred to as granulation.  We'll spend a lot of time on glazing and granulation in Three Ways of Mixing Color because they are the most interesting and creative ways you can mix colors.

 

This a painting of two dead salmon.  They are lying on rocks where they died during the annual spawning run in Haines Alaska. 

I started the painting with a rough sketch to block in the main areas and then painted everything but the fish with plain water.  Leaving the fish dry keeps the paint from running into them when I wash the rest of the background.  The background in this case is washed with several colors, starting with Raw Sienna which I washed over everything but the fish.  Then I came in with smaller 'local' washes of Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, and added some Cerulean Blue to turn it green in some places.

Now, isn't this fun, and doesn't this look like something you could do?

 

 

Here I've added some more local washes to darken the rocks and start to define the fish.  Using Burnt Umber and French Ultramarine.

 

Now add some very small detail washes to darken and define the rocks.  Starting to add some detail to the fish too.  These detail washes are color mixed before I put them on, and not granulated but are glazed over and onto the underlying washes from the earlier steps.

Not quite finished yet, but getting close.  This is a good example of starting a painting with large, general background washes, then developing it with the addition of ever smaller and more detailed local washes until you're ready to add the final details.

  Bear Breakfast!

 

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