- Jolly
Apples and Plum
Updated: Aug 23, 2020
This is not the first painting I made following the layering technique, but it's the first I documented the progress of. I followed a blog by Bill Martin, and I'm quite pleased with the results, although the green background could have been better.

Loose drawing to start with, as always, but trying to capture already shadows and light areas. Colours for the first layer:
Raw Umber
Paynes Grey
Medium: "Lean"

First layer completed:

Then moved on to a black and white grisaille (Paynes Grey and Lead White):

First colour layer - could not resist showing these "emerging" from the grisaille here below. Note that after this layer I did not touch the fruit any longer.
Fabric:
Emerald Green
Permanent Green light
Cobalt Blue hue
Cadmium Yellow pale hue
Lead White
Apples:
Burnt Umber
Japanese light
Cadmium yellow pale hue
Cadmium Red deep hue
Lead White
Plum:
Phthalo Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Rose
Lead White
Medium: "Medium"

Second colour layer on the fabric:
Emerald Green
Permanent Green light
Cobalt Blue
Raw Umber
Titanium White
Paynes Grey
