Trying a New Technique
A bunch of months ago I was stoked to see that my art hero, Greg “Craola” Simkins, would be teaching a painting workshop at an upcoming tattoo convention. I signed up immediately… and plopped down my $50 deposit.
Excitement mounted as weeks went on, but eventually I came to learn that my accordion player’s wedding was set to take place on the same weekend. I was to play his recessional, so I had to forfeit Greg’s painting class. :( …and I was out the $50.
A few days after, Craola posted some words and pics from his weekend at the convention - http://tinyurl.com/622nuv9 - including a shot of the class syllabus! From this (and my memory of his painting process shown in several YouTube clips), I deduced that his technique often involves a great deal of glazing.
Here, check this out. It’s mesmerizing!
So far, as I’ve tried to unravel the mysteries of painting with acrylics, I’ve just been using a lot of retarder for ease of blending… and I’ve been intimidated by the thought of glazing.
I’ve set up a small doodle of a piece to practice the technique… putting down a complete underpainting of only black and white to establish the values (although now in retrospect, it may have been wiser to have used sepia tones for what will become flesh…)
Here’s what I’ve got so far:
