Twelve Spheres
101 Oil Studies, No. 50
Objective: Capture value and gradation of a three-dimensional curve: primary color series; monochrome series; human skin tones series.
Painted in 5 sessions: 27 Dec 2024 to 7 Jan 2025
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless noted otherwise): Ivory black, permalbra white (Weber), terra rosa, yellow ochre, Winsor yellow, cadmium lemon, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, cadmium red. cobalt blue, indigo. Mediums: Gamsol, Oleogel.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 inches)
As much an excerise as a study, this project put me to the test for painting values and gradations. The top row (excluding the leftmost sphere) took in the primary colors. The middle row is a monochrome series, and the bottom row is a skin-tone series. The top left sphere expresses value with color temperature—from searing cadmium lemon to frigid indigo.
A very light film of Oleogel appied to the brush helped along Gradation.
Twelve Spheres
101 Oil Studies, No. 50
Objective: Capture value and gradation of a three-dimensional curve: primary color series; monochrome series; human skin tones series.
Painted in 5 sessions: 27 Dec 2024 to 7 Jan 2025
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless noted otherwise): Ivory black, permalbra white (Weber), terra rosa, yellow ochre, Winsor yellow, cadmium lemon, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, cadmium red. cobalt blue, indigo. Mediums: Gamsol, Oleogel.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 inches)
As much an excerise as a study, this project put me to the test for painting values and gradations. The top row (excluding the leftmost sphere) took in the primary colors. The middle row is a monochrome series, and the bottom row is a skin-tone series. The top left sphere expresses value with color temperature—from searing cadmium lemon to frigid indigo.
A very light film of Oleogel appied to the brush helped along Gradation.