Painting Velasquez at the National Gallery

Scots artist Ronnie Ryan in conversation with Jack Shea at the National Gallery of Scotland while working on a copy of Velasquez old woman Cooking eggs . lernianstudios.ning.com

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[seeonlyseas]

I have found your hints very helpful. Instead of underpainting only in black/white I now add in some burnt sienna (since I already have it on my palette) to neutralise the temperature of the grisaille. I have also realised that I need to keep all the tones a mite higher in value, since glazing will naturally darken the underlayers to some extent. Thanks for posting the cool videos :-) (ps. I was soufflekingsize (new channel)).

[RonnieRyan1]

@seeonlyseas

thanks for the comments. i will shortly be publishing the new site dealing with painting and drawing methods . There will be a forum for perfecting methods,Videos Etc. i will be in touch as soon as we launch

Ronnie

[soufflekingsize]

PPs. No you never said, UM, too much. LOL

[RonnieRyan1]

@soufflekingsize

glad to Know that

thanks

[soufflekingsize]

I've been working obsessively for many long years to peel away the mysteries of past painting disciplines. I am at the moment trying to develop the idea of a closed grisaille in ivory-black/white, but I can't work out whether to use black at full strength, or to keep all the tones slightly higher in value before glazing and scumbling? Love to see you work, sir.

[RonnieRyan1]

@soufflekingsize

hi

thanks for the coments .i am just in the process of setting up a new site ,it will have a forum for all questions about classical painting and other methods.

With the griaille i work with burnt umbar, ivory black and flake white.the initial underdrawing is painted first in white then the other tones are added . the scumbles and glazes become more transparent in the later layers of the grizzae.

keep in touch . i will let you know when the new site is launched

[soufflekingsize]

@RonnieRyan1 Thank you.

[soufflekingsize]

ps. I widni mind kennin how ti dae a copy of that claude you had your back to, Apollo and the nine muses. That's my love affair. Claud Gellee

[RonnieRyan1]

@mnilandcom

hi

the painting in the film is at the underpainting stage. the other videos on ronnieryan1 show more of the process. i teach old master classes at my studio and this september i will be launching new online courses.

regards ronnie

[mnilandcom]

is this the underpainting