This watercolor palette consists of just 6 colors. Venetian Red, Nickle Yellow, Chromium Oxide Green, Payne’s Gray, Payne’s Gray (Violet) [not pictured] and Titanium White. From these I will use the QoR mediums and grounds on mostly D’Arches 140 LB. CP. or rough.
This project is a watercolor painting, but with the use of very modern tools and materials. The surface will be D’Arches 140LB.CP., with a graphite drawing on it. Next black acrylic ink will be applied to the drawing. This will be strong and overwhelming. Cover the black and white drawing with a coat of QoR Watercolor Ground. A faint image should remain peeking through. Use QoR Lift Aide to remove paint for compositional reasons. QoR Synthetic Ox Gall to bring addition wetting to the paints improving flow. I believe QoR Watercolor Medium will add richness to the paint. Finally, QoR Masking Fluid can aid in preserving the white of the paper after repeated applications of QOR Watercolor paint.
Take Mi-Teintes sheet stretch it like watercolor paper, then size with rabbit skin glue with a 20 parts water to 1 part rabbit granules. Complete to the best of your ability. If life study is canceled draw from Robert Beverly Hale’s, “Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters”.
Using D’Arches 140 LB. CP. work with the newest 5 color watercolor QoR set I created. Get to a place of finish. Foreground should be bold and strong using 4 out of the 5 colors and in the background will add Titanium White. Some highlights may be applied on the form using Titanium White. This because the Mi-Teintes will most likely be a color, which will diminish the intensity of highlights.
Finally, the oil will be started on stretched canvas isolated with Rabbit Skin Glue and primed with a traditional emulsion ground. Then the image is inked on with India Ink bound with a shellac binder. This ink is applied using traditional bamboo brushes. Let the ink dry on the canvas. Once the “cartoon” is finished and dry, the normal oil painting process begins.
