Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistRobert McSpadden
Description Oil on stretched Belgian linen. Portrait of Owen McSpadden. This piece was executed using an old world technique called 'grisaille'. I began the painting by sketching on the canvas in Sanguine conte crayon. Then I painted with wet oil (alla prima) nearly monochrome, in shades of grey that I had mixed using French Ultramarine and Naples Yellow. After the grey underpainting had dried somewhat, I glazed over the flesh tones with a thinned tint of Sap Green, then I began applying the color in glazes over the underpainting.