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Author: Mike_Callahan, Contributing Editor
| In this article, I will be doing a step-by-step of my most recent painting. It is of Gold Lake, a beautiful Sierra lake that my family and I hiked to last summer. In the creation of this painting, I have worked out a new technique (new for me at least) that's sort of a combination of some plein air techniques and my early transparent oil technique and it has proven to be a very effective method of landscape painting in the studio. Actually, this method can be used for practically anything, not just landscapes.
Prior to starting my painting, I stitch together the 5 or 6 photos I shot as reference in Adobe Photoshop® and adjust for color so that I have a nice reference print to work from. I detail this step a bit more in the Wet Canvas article "Painting in the 21st Century" With reference in hand and a blank piece of canvas staring us in the face, let's get started, shall we? |
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| I first sketch a relatively detailed draft of the scene in pencil and "fix" it down to the canvas with workable fixative. I use Krylon® Workable Fixative. It's not "odorless", but I have found that neither are the brands that claim to be. I spray the fixative on in the garage, leave the door open and go have a cup of coffee. It's usually not too stinky to bring into the studio after fifteen minutes or so. |
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| Next, I begin to "draw" with my paint brush, drawing in all the dark areas in the rocky formation behind the lake. I have my reference photo (which I blew up to fit on an 11" x 17" piece of paper and printed out on a color printer) taped to my canvas for reference. |
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