charcoal sketch on paper
oil sketch on canvas
clear wax added
light green oil paint
darker shades of oils added
burnt umber on wall and branches
brown wax painted on
larger white stones painted with gesso
clear wax brushed on stones and shadows added
more shading and highlighting
Final scene
Our good friend Basil.
candle wax
boiling wax
Sketch on canvas in black oil.
In order to get a true bright white, I paint melted wax on the canvas. It acts as a resist to the oil paint. After painting over the wax, I’ll scrape it off, revealing the raw, gesso canvas underneath.
Added background.
Clear wax is applied and then Sap Green oil.
Yellow and brown oils are added.
Green wax and brown wax are brushed on.
Blue paint is added.
Some wax removed, trees in distance and ground painted.
Most of clear wax removed.
Blue sky painted in.
Paint removed over tiny wax particles. Trunk and branches painted in Mars Red.
channeling the abstract 