Oil Painting - The Third Layer Of ‘Unicorn’

May 4, 2007 in Artwork, Oil Painting | No comments

Unicorn - Layer 3 - Closeup A

As soon as the second layer dried off, I started working on the third layer, for the “Unicorn” piece.

Unicorn - Layer 3 - Full

In this layer, I took the small brush, and applied paint almost directly out of the tubes.

Unicorn - Layer 3 - Closeup C

For adding the moon though, I used the large brush again over the soft glow that I had added in the previous layer. The key to making a good looking moon is to draw its flaws - moon is not a perfect sphere. Draw those craters on it and it will look beautiful.

Unicorn - Layer 3 - Closeup B

For the rest of the painting, I use the small brush, as I need to apply the subtle variation in value of each color.  Value of a color basically means, how bright it is when compared to other applied color around it.  I notice that I have not been able to achive a good variation in value overall in this piece of work.  I hope to correct it in the next subject/painting - there are too many changes in this painting to correct it.