Expressive Figure Painting Step by Step: "Blues"

Expressive Figure Painting: Blues Step 5 Darkening the Colour

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In these final three steps, you can see how the painting changes as I add more and more glazes of Prussian blue, both on the figure and the background. The blue colour darkens the painting and turns the red into a purple. It also turns it into a painting with an overall cool feeling, as opposed to how warm it felt in the previous step.

• Expressive Figure Painting: Blues Step 1 Blocking in Shapes
• Expressive Figure Painting: Blues Step 2 Adding a Red Wash
• Expressive Figure Painting: Blues Step 3 Brightening the Color
• Figure Painting: Blues Step 4 Adding More Red
• Expressive Figure Painting: Blues Step 5 Darkening the Colour
• Figure Painting: Blues Step 6 Enhancing the Mood
• Figure Painting: Blues Step 7 The Finished Painting