Painting 33

Ref 1164.- Acrylic // Acrylic over texturized canvas on cardboard

Graphical main steps:

                            "Let this time, a smile be the umbrella under the rain"

1st.- Mask a frame to work with, into our canvas on cardboard
Sketch with pen main features and then apply a layer of ligth modeling paste, ligthly colored with Green into the upper side and White or plain modeling paste at the bottom with a large spatula, the modeling paste is depending in the thickness a Little bit transparent, that why I sketch with pen so I can see the main lines references and avoid the dirtier graphite pencil.- Once the layer has been applied I wet my fingers to wet the surface to make it dries a Little bit more even or flat

2nd.- Once it is througly dry I start by painting the figures, as they will be under the rain I  didn´t define it at all

3rd I worked the background with different blends of greens and scratches of spatula to suggest branches and fences

4th step.- The acrylic once it is dry Works pretty good for next layers above without be disturbed,
So I took advantage of White (gouache) with a dab of blue to conform the rain drops orientation
(note the gouache can be reactivated  with additional wáter so you can compose until be satisfied
also I did use absrbent paper to integrate and avoid strong edges into the composition,

 

5th steps.- final touches now I can use White acrylic  for highligth some lines and/or drops
and make more deeper shadows accordingly