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Can I use more than one color for an underpainting in the same piece?
By using more than one
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color in your underpainting, you can produce a great deal of color, textural, and spatial impact. Since glazing is about the layering of colors to build textures and define forms, you should feel at ease using more than one color for underpainting. Warm and cool colors can be used to create
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additional depth. For instance, you can enhance a dark colored subject matter by using light, transparent colors in the underpainting. There is one word of caution, however. Remember that as you add color you are making the process a little more complex. Each color added to your palette allows more room for errors. By
the same token, each color added to the underpainting creates additional intricacies. Be sure that you think out the process fairly well before you begin. You will find the added complexity to be well worth it in terms of the visual benefits you derive.
Definitely. With more than one color in your underpainting, you can produce more complexity in the color, value, texture, and depth of your painting.
Multicolored Underpaintings