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Painted looking into the bright light in La Bourboule, France, this painting was the defining moment of my reductive technique. Using a liquid charcoal underpainting (which works similarly to watercolour), I slowly built washes of transparent colour over the charcoal. Wiping these away stained and also revealed the white of the canvas, which is particularly evident in the distant trees and sky, allowing the feeling of that bright, reflected light to leech through the painting.
Using thicker paint in the foreground, I used silicone tools to remove and manipulate the paint to build the nearer buildings and trees. The end result is something much closer to the atmosphere and feel of the place than would have been possible to construct purely with adding paint, rather than taking it away. The liquid charcoal provides the needed contrast and dark tones.
This liquid charcoal and oil painting on 3.2mm canvas board measures 24x30cm (27x33 including the frame) and is supplied with the frame.
Painted looking into the bright light in La Bourboule, France, this painting was the defining moment of my reductive technique. Using a liquid charcoal underpainting (which works similarly to watercolour), I slowly built washes of transparent colour over the charcoal. Wiping these away stained and also revealed the white of the canvas, which is particularly evident in the distant trees and sky, allowing the feeling of that bright, reflected light to leech through the painting.
Using thicker paint in the foreground, I used silicone tools to remove and manipulate the paint to build the nearer buildings and trees. The end result is something much closer to the atmosphere and feel of the place than would have been possible to construct purely with adding paint, rather than taking it away. The liquid charcoal provides the needed contrast and dark tones.
This liquid charcoal and oil painting on 3.2mm canvas board measures 24x30cm (27x33 including the frame) and is supplied with the frame.