Grisaille made with verdaccio

[Tito Champena]

Thank you for your advice, Tom.

I know that in order to use the galazing technique, the values of the grisaille have to be light enough to make room for the darkening that will come with the glazes. I just did not know how to paint the values light enough and still have a good balance of the light and the shadows. I suppose this can be learned with practice. I already started applying color to the dark grisaille and I'll do my best to try to keep the values well balanced, of course my intention from the beginning was to paint it in a low key to give drama to the subject.

Applying a white wash to a dark grisaille sounds like a good idea; however, I'm afraid that the wash might not look even. If I use Zinc White, which is semi-transparent, it may crack later on; if I use a more opaque white it may obliterate the underpainting. I will experiment with it anyway with other paintings. Thanks again.