Medium for underpainting

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kaliuzhkin wrote
on 2 Feb 2013 10:39 AM

As a newbie to pastels, I am learning from books and from doing.  (I had my first lesson in a studio when I was about 6, but have used media other than pastel, such as watercolor.).  Going through Marla Baggetta's "Pastel Step by Step", A Walter Foster Artist's Library Series book, the very first example, the very first step, is "toning a piece of sanded pastel paper with a diluted wash of acrylic paint," yellow ochre in particular.  I have never used acrylic but how hard can it be?

Here's my question: what are the advantages and disadvantages of underpainting with acrylic, watercolor, pastel, using colored paper, or skipping underpainting completely?

Dan

 

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