Hello everyone!!!
Today I'm painting in grayscale. This is an old master's techniques that was used to create an underpainting. It's called a grisaille and its main purpose was to establish values so color could later be glazed on top of the dried underpainting. This helped artists save money because they weren't using quite as much of the more expensive pigments. Some other forms of this type of painting are a brunaille (shades of brown) and a verdaille (shades of green).
I normally will use this technique with oil paint, because the quick drying of acrylic paint hinders the process somewhat. However, I decided to try this with golden open acrylics because they have a much slower drying time, and they feel closer to oil paint than regular acrylics.
Colors used:
Mars black, Titanium white, and Burnt umber.
I made a 50/50 mix of the mars black and burnt umber in order to neutralize the blueish tones in the black. Then I mixed it with the titanium white to get my grayscale values. I did not used any mediums with the acrylics... just water.
I am not sure if I want to leave it black and white or glaze color onto it. I would love to know what YOU think! So, please head over to my community tab and vote on what I should do!
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