Working Up From a Grisaille, Step-by-Step Portrait Painting, Scott Bartner Art

Grisaille painting - Everything you ever wanted to know answered here

This technique is called grisaille (a fancy Greek word meaning “to imitate statue”) we start by painting everything in black and white. This establishes values (scale of dark to light) for finishing layers. I painted this to find my way through some grief that had been haunting me for a long while. Painting is very therapeutic to me, I always learn a lot about myself when I work through a concept from start to finish,.Prints are available on kellyeden.bigcartel.com and the original is available