Saturday, April 12, 2008

Pencils Down - Sketch is Finished


I think the grid process has worked pretty well. Here’s the pic of the canvas with the outside edge of the larger image, the tile roofs and the openings for the bells all penciled in. I’ve erased the grid outside the image. With the underpainting and detail painting the only place I might still have grid lines showing will be around the bells where the sky is showing through the openings. But using a drawing pencil with a harder lead and an eraser meant to erase pencil lines off canvas, it’s not too much trouble.

So, now, I’m ready to start underpainting the bell tower and the different roof lines. I’m going to experiment on a scrap canvas before I begin on the real deal. I'll share that next time.
Ta-ta for now, dearies.

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