Animal and Wildlife Art Lessons

"Lioness"

By Jason Morgan

6 - Building Layers and Glazing

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I now start to refine my colours and tones. Instead of adding Linseed oil to my paints to glaze, I prefer to brush the oil straight on to the dry canvas, wipe most of the oil back off and then work in to the slick layer with my paints. Here you can see how the face, appears more solid now the layers are building up. The shadows have also been suggested on the ground, towards the left of the Lioness - these were painted as a glaze using Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, plus Sap Green to grey the colour out, the darkness of the mix was then adjusted by adding Liquin.

It's really surprising how adding just a few little clumps of grass in the foreground really enhance the feeling of recession, I made sure that the grasses and stones were in sharper focus as they neared the same plane as the Lioness and blurred out behind her. Notice also how a deepening of the shadow behind the paw really makes it look like it's standing on edge.

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