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Infanta Maria – my take

Posted on Apr 6, 2009

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Well, I challenged myself here with this Velasquez Infanta Maria painting….it’s my new gouache palette, AND, something i NEVER do….i limited myself to a very narrow palette. Researched the Velasquez palette – burnt sienna, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue……but I did have to add some of my napthol red….) for Velasquez I’m guessing that was vermilion).

Here’s what i learned:

  1. a limited palette is challenging and fantastic practice.
  2. greys are tricky….be sure you make enough of a puddle of grey to last the entire painting. A bit more ultramarine cools it nicely. My greys are inconsistent.
  3. The very very darks here were challenging, too……LOTS of paint – bt sienna and ultra…..with a twit of yellow ochre (actually i use Schmincke’s titanium gold ochre, at Roz’s recommendation). But I am buying Payne’s Grey today….cuz I don’t like mixing my darks, too lazy, I guess.
  4. Folds are HARD. I’ve never done folds before, so I see a new area of study for myself.
  5. It was fun! Now I want to see the original!

 

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