Apples and Plum

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. Of the paintings I gave away, it's the only one I deeply regret having done so.

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

Now for the 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