Animal and Wildlife Art Lessons
"Lioness"
By Jason Morgan
4 - Blocking in The Background
With the body blocked in I begin to mass in the soil, as it's quite a large area to paint, I firstly cover the area with a very thin coat of linseed oil, then wipe most of it off with a sheet of kitchen tissue, this allows the paint to slip and flow much easier on the board. The soil was blocked in using Burnt Sienna, Naples Yellow and White with a big synthetic brush, then I used a fan brush to blend the area together.
I blocked in of the scrub and grasses on the right using the same technique as I used on the soil and it has instantly made the Lioness come forward in the painting. I can now get quite a good idea of how the finished painting is going to look. I also continue to add a little more colour to the Lioness wet in wet as it's much easier to judge colour now the whole of the canvas is covered with paint.
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