Last fall at the Academy of Realist Art, I started figure painting sessions once a week and the first exercise for me was to paint the model Robin in monochrome -- neutral greys created by mixing ivory black, raw umber, and crementz white. The image below is the results after about 8 sessions in total. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to advance to the "second painting" stage and smooth out some of the raw areas and edges.
Now I'm on my second figure painting there. This time, raw umber has been replaced by Venetian Red. The objective is to gradually introduce the concept of warms and cools in the painting. The skin tones will be primarily warm (Venetian Red + White), with some cooling down with grey in some shadows. The background areas will be primarily cool (Ivory Black + White) with some Venetian Red for some overall harmony. The model is sitting in a dark red velvet chair which itself has been cooled down with greys so that it won't compete with the level of chroma in the figure. (There's a more intense red in the shadow on the stomach than in the chair itself, so that's why the chair has to be cooled down). The image below is from my third session Jan 25th.
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