Re: Advise on sketching/drawing materials for oil painting

theunissen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,

I am very interested and motivated about oil painting and have some
problems starting. I would like to make a sketch/drawing on canvas
before starting to block in the first layer of colors but am confused
about the method and materials to use to create this drawing...

Just to add 2 comments to what CB already gave you:

1. A lot of people do their sketching with the oil paint itself, painting very thinly and typically using something like raw umber diluted with odorless mineral spirits. You can easily wipe it off with a rag to make changes. It not only is completely compatible with what comes later, it becomes part of the painting process. You rough out the outlines, block in the shadows with a thin, translucent application and then begin adding highlights with a thick, opaque application of paint.

5) Chalk: I've seen some sketching is done using chalk. Could it be
used as an underdrawing?

If you're talking about old master drawings you've seen which are designated as "chalk", they aren't talking about what we call chalk now. The closest thing to that available today (that I know of) is Conte crayons and pencils. I don't know what the ramifications of using it as a sketch under oil is except that you'd clearly want to use it very lightly because it has a waxy base which would make a poor painting surface if it was built up to any degree.

- Bob C.
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