Roses and Cezanne's Outlines.

Roses

8x6in oil on canvas panel $135. SOLD

Artist Note
This was a demo I did today
at the Artists Guild.
A mix of fracturing, brush and knife
work using a
charcoal drawing base to step up from.
First, I did the drawing with charcoal
and used a
spray fixative (outside) to secure.
 Next, I applied a light transparent color
over the drawing then started to add color.

As you can see from the above step

 I eventually 

covered up the lines in my finished 

painting.

The advantage of this drawing base is that

you can use it for several 

different techniques.

Here is a famous one.

Leaving the outlines 

showing here and there was a

technique Cezanne loved to use.

He went back over his drawing and emphasized

 his lines with paint

As time went on he learned to 

 forgo the initial drawing and go 

straight into drawing with his paint brush...

 like in the drapery above.

No matter the method -

the use of line adds so much to the 

power of the painting.

I am still not able to "see and evaluate"
my paintings after I have finished them.
My brain apparently is in a different
place at the moment.
It still works for teaching, thank heavens.

Thank you for all the great comments
to my last post.
I will be round to check all your blogs.