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This painting uses only burnt siena and french ultramarine blue, in varying amounts and intensities. This painting is developed by drawing a light silhouette in pencil, followed by wet-on-wet applications of color in the two main fields of 1) the building, and 2) the atmosphere. The blue and siena colors mix to form very nice neutral grey, cooler or warmer depending on the effect you are seeking.Įlgin Academy Lantern Silhouette at Sunrise. These colors mix within the right hand side of the rendering to begin to represent the shade and shadow side of the object.

Then, while the lantern is still wet (not just damp, but not quite saturated, in-between these extremes) small amounts of additional yellow are added to the wet surface, followed by small amounts of burnt siena and french ultramarine blue. Once this has dried, the lantern itself is rendered, first with a very light yellow ochre on the right side of the image (the shade side) blended to clear water on the left side (the sunlit side). The atmosphere is rendered abstractly as medium sized brush-fulls of the burnt siena and yellow colors are added to the wet blue field. This painting is developed by drawing a light representation of the lantern in pencil, followed by wet-on-wet application of the sky primarily in french ultramarine blue with accents in burnt siena and yellow ochre. Each of these traits ensure a rapid, controlled, harmonious result Elgin Academy Lantern.

Third, the approaches do not deviate from the Velazquez palette. Matching sketch technique and watercolor technique is important both for speed and harmony. Second, I favor the the wet-on-wet approach because the paint behaves more consistently with a loose pencil or pen sketch, as opposed to the wet-on-dry approach. In each case the base sketch has been accomplished in a light hb pencil to establish the structure of the composition and some basic geometry.

First, the drawing and painting is rapid. I have include several different approaches, yet all share some common traits. The following examples indicate some of the styles and approaches that are possible while working in the field/on location.