Workshop25 Glazed Grisaille

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Comment by Ningning Li on September 19, 2013 at 15:41

Stuart,  I understand and totally agree with you.  I did not realise how much we have to think about at the beginning. Now I know that sunset clouds is a subject very difficult to paint. the value, the colour combination and temperature and how they affect each other,  and the soft body edges of the clouds, the light.... I feel better  when I think about that we will have 3 more classes to study it.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 19, 2013 at 15:12

Thanks, Li, but I don't like it very well. I did tweak it some as Sharon Casavant suggested and I will repost when I post my alla prima piece in several days. What I learned from this is that the grisaille should be higher key than most of us made it and with only warm grays wherever there will be yellow or orange glazes, because transparent yellows and oranges over blacks and blues makes greenish mud. So glazing is OK for donuts and automobile finishes but of questionable value for my paintings at least. I also learned that I need to work on improving my alla prima painting (I am working on that by painting outdoors at least once a week). Thanks for your supportive words. Stu

Comment by Ningning Li on September 19, 2013 at 6:16

Stuart, this is a very colourful painting compair with most of your other beautiful works. Your foreground was very well done with subtle texture to leave the space for the viewers' imagenation. I love it very much. I enjoy the down part of the sky. The upper part of sky seems like have some  greenish  which make the sky warm and muddy. I think that part should be more blueish and purplish grey, I mean cooler colour, as it is far from the sun. Glazing is a solution?  I do not know. those greens ... Maybe not wast your time, Oh, I give up.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 16, 2013 at 21:24

Thanks, Ann. I am about to try Sharon Cassavant's fix with another red glaze. Will repost when this is done. I did find out that I don't know a lot about glazing. Stu

Comment by Ann Turner on September 16, 2013 at 17:06

I am just now catching up on the workshop this month. This is a very interesting effect. I am drawn to look at it even if it is greenish. The foreground is energetic and pleasing. I am enjoying the discussion and information regarding glazing, a technique that I haven't tried for a complete painting. Nice to push ourselves out of comfort painting and try new. I like the effect, it has its own beauty

Comment by Beverly Alldridge on September 16, 2013 at 12:41

Even though this workshop is about sunsets I find myself focusing on everyone's foregrounds. Perhaps because I'm so unsatisfied with mine. I really like how yours turned out. I plan to try glazing my value study this coming week. I'm a little worried...

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 16, 2013 at 11:50

Thanks Sharon.  I had sort of given up, but since it is completely dry, I think I will try that with my cool transparent red and just wipe off the areas that don't need the glaze with a Q-tip.  I already did put some opaque pink back in, but I will try some more.   Stu

Comment by Sharon Casavant on September 16, 2013 at 11:23

I would put a red glaze on top of the green and see how that turns out - maybe add some pink to the"farthest from the sun's" warm side of the clouds.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 15, 2013 at 8:49

Thanks Carol. I am only unsatisfied with the clouds; I also like how the ground came out. Stu

Comment by Carol Ann Rogers on September 15, 2013 at 5:19

Actually, I like what you have done with the ground area. It looks like a wild scrubby area. I think that worked well.

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