Underpainting tutorial

How can the pigment used in an imprimatura or 'toned ground' affect your painting. Learn how to use a toned ground to complement your work.

Looking for a technique that adds depth and complexity to your acrylic paintings? Learn how to do an underpainting acrylic and create breathtaking artwork.

Now that I’m full time at this and painting a lot more, I have more opportunity to try things out and develop my painting process as I go. I’m going to try to post a bit more here about how my process is changing currently, and how I put my paintings together, since it might give you some ideas f

What is the secret that makes my paintings pop with color? Click to read about how I use the underpainting to make my paintings vibrate and sing.

An underpainting will help your colors stand out more and give your work depth. To get started with this process, here are some tips for successfully completing an underpainting. #art #underpainting

Painting in gouache over a yellow casein layer puts "fire in the belly" of a gray painting. From my Gumroad tutorial Triads: Painting with Three Colors: http...

I made a mini tutorial on how to paint using a value underpainting!! (🔗 below)

10K views · 206 reactions | I’ve been trying to pinpoint when I started painting with an underpainting. Can’t say exactly, but I was using this approach when I was doing children’s picture books, more than 20 years ago. So it’s been a while! If this is new to you, this is an Imprimatura-Bistre - the “first layer” of paint that I believe is critical if you want luminosity in your paintings… and this is the way I start all my daytime landscape paintings. For the Imprimatura, I’m using…

Linda Mann on Instagram: "The purpose of an underpainting is manifold. First, it gets me painting in a low-pressure way. There are no color variations, textures, subtle lighting effects, or even exact values to think about. All I have to do is cover the canvas with paint while retaining the drawing. It’s easy. It also takes away the stark white of the canvas, so it’ll be easier to judge color and value when the time comes. Lastly, it provides a consistent color under the top layers…