Re: Advise on sketching/drawing materials for oil painting

Come on mate ! have you hear of the word " experimentation ", get with
it, we dont have time for this, make a start, make some mistakes, stand
back and look at it, it might be better than when you first started,
com-on-mate, live a little.
Shalom
Jesper
http://www.whitepage.com.au/jespersa
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.
I am not sure which methods are apropriate and would like to know some
of the advantages/disadvantages for each of these methods. I would
really appreciate some comments on the following methods as an
underdrawing for oil painting:

1) Charcoal: What kind of charcoal would I use (willow, vine, graphite,
colored charcoal, etc...)?
2) Pencil: Is it appropriate for sketching underneath oil?
3) Oil pastels: Is it possible, or would it blend too much with the oil
paint, or would the oil paint not stick on top of the pastel area's?
4) Ink - What kind of ink, and what to use to apply the ink?
5) Chalk: I've seen some sketching is done using chalk. Could it be
used as an underdrawing?
6) Brush pens?

Which of those methods is the prefered method and why?

Thanks in advance.

.

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