The Artist - UK (2019-12)

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PRACTICAL

MATERIALS

� Brushes: Rosemary & Co Eclipse; Winsor & Newton

Galeria; Milan Premium Synthetics.

� Winsor & Newton oil colours: titanium white,

cadmium lemon, cadmium yellow pale, cadmium yellow,

cadmium yellow deep, cadmium orange, cadmium

scarlet, cadmium red, cadmium red deep, permanent

carmine, permanent mauve, cerulean blue, cobalt blue,

French ultramarine blue, viridian, yellow ochre pale,

burnt sienna, burnt umber, raw umber.

�Rembrandt oil colour: raw sienna.

p STAGE TWO

The canvas was squared-up, but not too tightly because I

wanted to give myself room to interpret the drawing, then

I drew in the composition with raw umber and a l at Milan

synthetic brush of medium size – No. 8

 STAGE ONE

I made some drawings

in a sketchbook, which

I use to rel ect about

ideas and develop

concepts

p STAGE FOUR
After painting quite freely all
the elements that constituted
the chaotic wall of torn posters,
I had to i ne-tune the structure
of the wall, as mistakes in a
regularly divided structure
are too noticeable. Therefore
I measured up more precisely
the spacing of the lines and
re-traced them with a pencil
on top of the painting, then I
re-adjusted the painting with
the brushes

 STAGE FIVE

I applied an undertone to the skin,

just to kill the whiteness of the

canvas and establish the shadows

and the lights, then I let it dry and

moved on to the dress

p STAGE THREE

I started from the background, applying a multi-coloured wash to create an

undertone, and then I started to paint the dirt and torn-up posters with their texts

and dif erent colours. I did not make the words on the posters too recognisable

because the purpose of the painting was to focus on the i gure. A regular succession

of horizontal lines in the structure of the wall helped me to give it an order

DEMONSTRATION All Desires are Cursed

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