Wet Paint – Black Bear 2

Here we are at the completed underpainting. Up to this point the only medium has been turpentine. It has taken about seven weeks so far.

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This is the first in a series of posts as I work through my first black bear painting. The reference photos come from a trip

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With the underpainting complete the real painting can begin. Starting with the most distant and working left to right, top to bottom, you can see

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After the painting of the black bears I started mounting the canvas on a board for the drawing and underpainting phase. It makes it much