Painting of Simian Ongarian: March 2008 Archives

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Ok, before I started painting in oil, I decided to do a quick watercolour sketch. I was using heavy Cotman watercolour paper (A3 size) and a Kolinsky sable brush. I was using a Windsor and Newton pan set of watercolours. I also had a small plastic cup filled with water and a small dose of Gum Arabic (by Windsor and Newton again) to give the colour a glossier look - and to control the flow. (Later on I'll probably try some water colour blending medium).

Basically this was just a sketch to see how the oil painting would proceed - so  I wanted to paint in the same fashion as I would do an oil painting. So the technique you see here will be more akin to the Victorian style of painting watercolours - rather than the modern conservative method. So I will be using Chinese white to produce body colour and various blacks and also maybe mix other opaque elements in too. We shall see how it pans out.

Anyway, I started first with a very faint pencil sketch. Then started experimenting with various colours to see how the painting would proceed.

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