This painting is of my brother’s first dog Bart. I’ve painted him before and had already prepared a black, white & grey canvas to glaze. Planned on finishing this in half a day… ha! It’s been over three weeks and after MULTIPLE glazing layers it’s not finished… but I’m done. With every new layer the portrait changes and could probably do with more light and shade but I’ve truly lost interest.
I’ve included a black and white copy as well. In my opinion it looks nicer, but that’s after adjusting the brightness and contrast.
For Joel's next class we needed to bring in glazing gel; let me tell you... it’s not easy to find. Hobbycraft had ‘Winsor & Newton Galleria Gloss Medium’, it didn’t say glaze on the bottle, but it worked.
For our assignment, we were able to choose from a couple of black and white A3 photos. The first step was to add various shades of grey. In the second class we began to add colour. Even though the subject matter was AWESOME, this was probably my least favourite exercise. The shades of grey were applied incorrectly, so the glazing technique didn't work so well.
At home I did a portrait of my brother’s dog, and was happy with the result.
After class I went to George Weil art store and bought ‘Daler-Rowney Glaze Medium – Matt’ because the W&N gloss medium was too shiny.
This painting is of my brother’s first dog Bart. I’ve painted him before and had already prepared a black, white & grey canvas to glaze. Planned on finishing this in half a day… ha! It’s been over three weeks and after MULTIPLE glazing layers it’s not finished… but I’m done. With every new layer the portrait changes and could probably do with more light and shade but I’ve truly lost interest.
For our assignment, we were able to choose from a couple of black and white A3 photos. The first step was to add various shades of grey. In the second class we began to add colour. Even though the subject matter was AWESOME, this was probably my least favourite exercise. The shades of grey were applied incorrectly, so the glazing technique didn't work so well. 
At home I did a portrait of my brother’s dog, and was happy with the result. 