Portrait Practise - Grisaille

Oil on paper, 20 x 16 inches (51 x 41 cm)


Oil on paper, 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20 cm)

In a portrait painting class taught by Ed Ahlstrom we are starting by creating grisailles, which are monochromatic paintings made by applying a single layer of dark paint that the artist then rubs through with a brush or rag to bring out the light values of the light gray ground.