plate no. 1289
Going Home
Ralph Hedley, 1888
experienced study
Students would develop figure drawing skills, understanding of human proportions and clothing folds, plus landscape integration and atmospheric perspective techniques.
technical profile
palette complexity
3
brushwork visibility
2
value contrast
3
compositional simplicity
4
study guide
est. 12 hrsapproach — 8 steps
- step 01
Sketch basic composition with horizon line and figure placement
- step 02
Block in major shapes of the two figures with simple geometric forms
- step 03
Establish the ground plane and path with basic perspective
- step 04
Paint the sky using wet-on-wet blending from light to darker tones
- step 05
Develop the landscape background with distant buildings and smokestack
- step 06
Work on figure modeling with warm earth tones for clothing
- step 07
Add details to faces, hands, and clothing textures
- step 08
Refine foreground grass and path details with varied brushwork
color palette
primary · burnt sienna · raw umber · yellow ochre · titanium white
secondary · ultramarine blue · cadmium yellow light · alizarin crimson · viridian
Create skin tones by mixing yellow ochre, burnt sienna and white. Mix grays from ultramarine and burnt sienna for clothing shadows.
techniques
- ·figure construction
- ·atmospheric perspective
- ·color temperature variation
- ·clothing fold rendering
- ·soft edge blending
common pitfalls
- →overworking facial details too early
- →making figures too stiff or mannequin-like
- →ignoring proper scale relationships between figures
- →creating muddy colors in clothing shadows
materials
surface · primed canvas or canvas board
required
- ·#4 flat brush
- ·#2 round brush
- ·#6 filbert brush
- ·burnt sienna oil paint
- ·raw umber oil paint
- ·yellow ochre oil paint
- ·titanium white oil paint
- ·canvas 16x20
optional
- ·#1 detail brush
- ·palette knife
- ·turpentine medium
- ·linseed oil
Work in thin layers to build up forms gradually, especially in figure work
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