40. Day, December 12, 2018
Before it starts with the final oil painting, today is the last day, where I can pigpaint properly, and there is no danger of anything to mess up.
Time to turn to the woolen scarf that "Aksinja" wears around her shoulders ...:
This is a very special scarf with a very special pattern, on the design and different variants I will come in more detail.
For the moment it is enough to know that there were (and are!) lighter models for the warm season ...
... and relatively heavy woolen models for the winter ...:
Even today, where these woolen fabrics are woven with machines, the wool structure shows itself clearly!
This is another case for "Jo Sonja's" texture paste!
I put a little bit of the stuff in an old lid and then diluted it with acrylic paint and water into red ...:
So I have not only the desired texture but also a reasonably suitable underpainting in one step!
I take a medium-hard bristle brush, dip it into the blood-colored broth, remove the excess water from the bristles by briefly tapping the brush on an absorbent kitchen towel - and "mash" the paste with short quick cross strokes of the brush on a 2 x 2 inches piece.
Then - on the next piece - the procedure starts all over again.
Now, after I've finished, you can see even without fervently illuminated close-up, that a surface is created, which at least reminds of a woven wool structure - however, it is much finer than desired, as the structure of "Grigorijs" coarse soldier coat..:
Cheers
