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Aug
07

How I Start

demo1

demo2demo3

demo4demo5demo6

demo7 demo8

These are all acrylic washes or glazes.

Once one color is dry I glaze over with another.

I’ve added oil to the the last two (below). I personally like #5 & 6 but kept going because it’s a demo.

demo10

demo9


14 Responses to “How I Start”


  1. 1 aly
    August 18, 2007 at 8:21 am

    Beautiful how you paint the real color in skin.

  2. August 19, 2007 at 6:28 am

    wow! this is fabulous and a great demo. its a lot like watercolours the adding layers with each glaze. and it’s good to know that oil can be added in at the very end too. i’m planning to try this out as two separate experiments. thank you very very much.

  3. August 19, 2007 at 11:00 am

    Ujwala
    Thanks, this was fun for me. I’ve never done a demo like this before. It’s how I paint, but I’ve never took note of the process.

    Have fun.

  4. August 19, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    Thanks for sharing the process. Now that I’m working more in oils it’s great to see this idea of using acrylics for getting started. It makes perfect sense and the bright colored underpainting adds vibrancy to the final painting. I like the last one best myself, but I see why you’d like the second to last. I’ve been doing one portrait over and over trying to get it…maybe tomorrow!

  5. August 20, 2007 at 7:33 am

    Hi Jana,
    I like this process. It gives me freedom.

  6. August 24, 2007 at 6:25 am

    Bob,

    Enjoyed this post very much. You have great talent.

    Sunil

  7. August 25, 2007 at 5:26 am

    Hi and thanks Sunil. Looking back at this post reminds me of something I was told a long time ago. ” Be the Best Bob Martin you can be”

  8. August 30, 2007 at 12:02 am

    wish I can be your student…

  9. August 31, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    aminsalm, thanks for visiting. I love your drawings! Do you know these two sites http://janabouc.wordpress.com/
    and http://drawtheline.wordpress.com/
    Also thanks for the comment. I don’t teach painting now, but maybe one day.

  10. September 2, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    yes and all the sketch blogs..they are good and my reason to get up to work every morning..


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