Underpainting in Red

[Trikist]

Thanks IMaybe. I like toned paper as well. I tried a couple acrylic paintings on toned Art Spectrum Paper. Unfortunately, It was too rough on my brushes. Expensive lesson.

backspin. The red that I have been using is Permanent Alizarin Crimson over Burnt Sienna for a deep red color. It is a nice rich start. Thanks for the link to Shelby Keefe.

Jan. Thanks for the suggestion.

Gary

[Ian Bruce]

Greens in nature are usually a lot less intense than they appear--even early Spring greens. There is a lot to be said for using mostly grayed greens (with a good bit of red mixed in), then touching in a moderately high chroma greens in selected areas, then going the whole hog in only very limited areas--almost like high-lights.

I find Golden Open very transparent. Atelier Interactive is another slow-drying acrylic (substantially less slow), that has excellent pigment concentrations.

[Trikist]

Ian, Golden Opens are fairly transparent. Many times I have to use multiple layers to cover an underpainting. I settled on them over Atelier Interactive as they are locally available. I probaby will still give the Interactives a try. I have a lot of things to work at in painting.

Thanks, Gary