Torrit Grey 2008 Workshop

[Chris Saper]

Step 7

Starting to model more of the form through corrections.

[Chris Saper]

Step 8

More of the same

[Chris Saper]

Step 10

This was as far as I got - just paying attention to the eyes and mouth, and continuing to puzzle over the TG.

[Chris Saper]

Between the time I did my first demo, I became re-engergized about monochrome paintings after the development of this thread. So in my Prescott open studio group I decided to paint a monochrome, just using TG and mineral spirits, trying out a wipe-out method. Again, I used an inexpensive, acrylic primed canvas.

Here I place the head, locate the horizontals, and start to separate light and shadow.

[Chris Saper]

Step 2

In using a wipe out method, corrections are made by removing pigment, and putting it somewhere else.

Here's what happened when I tried to wipe out the TG, "wipe-out" being the operative phrase. I scrubbed and scrubbed, but the stain remained. Worse, I'd just killed off about an hour of open studio time, sigh.

[Chris Saper]

Step 3

The good news is that I've only ruined part of my canvas, so I start over just using black and mineral spirits.

[Chris Saper]

Step 4

The black doesn't wipe out a whole lot better, so I concede defeat on the wipe out thing for the day, and decide just to use black and white, and leave the TG for the end.