Process Post: Oil Painting

The process of finishing up the grisaille has been relatively slow, but rather relaxing because it is not as overwhelming as it would have been if we were to be painting more directly. I have been mainly focusing on attempting to fully get rid of the lines made by the charcoal and to make it so there are no lines made by the paint, only values next to each other. The picture on the bottom is the earliest photo and the aspects I wanted to work on following was to make the watering can darker so it wouldn't be too similar to the porcelain vase next to it. I also needed to work more on the background, because the values were lacking compared to the still life. In the second photo, I had been still painting too indirectly for finishing up and I didn't make as much progress as I had hoped. I painted thin layers of grey paint over the watering can but it still wasn't as dark as it should have been. I worked on the background a little more and it got darker but not as detailed as it was in real life. I started adding more white and highlights during that class as well. I was really nervous to paint more directly as I should have been because I had only been using very thin washes of paint thus far, so it was a different experience attempting to use more paint than I have been. The last photo I had made a lot of progress. I made the can as dark as it should be and I worked on the background with darker paint. I slowly stopped painting using thin washes and I think I have almost hidden all of the lines made by the charcoal. I was also asked to get rid of the line of the edge of the porcelain vase and the background. I hadn't noticed it before, but once I stepped back and truly looked at the values I had realized it was a very distinct line. It was difficult to make it not look like a line and I tried to blend out darker and darker paint but nothing helped. I had to then go with a lighter color to erase the line completely and then use darker paint to blend outwards. I think I got rid of the line relatively well and now I see only two values rather than three.