Base layers

With the sealed canvas dry and ready for the first painting work to begin Joe, Jason, Devin and Casey started to put down the base en grisaille layer. Because my goal is to have the painting feel filled with the beauty and glory of the sunlight the work is particularly light, with little shadow. What darkness there is is rendered in Raw Sienna, emulating the work of Alma-Tadema.

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Michael Pearce is an artist, writer, and professor of art. He is the author of "Art in the Age of Emergence."
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