Details of an oil painting in progress; optical greys
Here are a couple of details of my painting currently in progress. Those who know how oil glazes work will note the optical greys. Optical greys are thin veils of white which are placed in between layers of glazing color. By scumbling (bringing up whites) in between glazes a painting can be glazed time after time without losing intensity of color. Color can be enriched and refined ad infinitum with this method.
The greys are called optical because there is no actual grey; the painting looks greyish when you put on a veil of transparent white.
Of course, the whites must be completely dry before glazing again, and I use more emulsion than medium to apply them to avoid excessive oil build-up.
When the glazed areas (the flowers) dry, I will once again scumble, let the whites dry, and glaze again.
Glazing this way is time consuming, but I believe the effort is worth the result.
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Thank you @veryspider. Optical greys were a great discovery for me! Before understanding them, I couldn't get the rich surface and color that I was looking for. It was my teacher who explained to me how they work and how to apply them.
abstract and interesting ^^
my favorite is the first one <3
also, thanks for the explanation about the optical gray, soon i will have to work with oil paintings, maybe it will be of help ^^
do you have any other recommendation?
Glad you like it. The other thing that my be of use to you is that I always plan color very seriously, and it does not necessarily follow the contours of the objects. I establish a color scheme and distribute colors until as a color abstraction I feel it has power.
I love your works. Did I say?
Perhaps, but it is always nice to hear.
Beautiful! I always look forward to see new postings of your work.
Thank you @maysi-art!
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Lovely and I am glad you are sharing a WIP.
It is very worth the effort as the vibrancy of colour really shines through when you do this and I think the final work always has a depth you can feel when viewing it IRL.
And as always I love your colour. I love colour but am finding myself using black a lot lately in my singularity pieces, but mainly for mood and to heighten my love of colour.
As always it's a pleasure to see your work Mam.
Thank you kindly @dpalash124.