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Preparatory Work
Forgive me if this is a topic that has been discussed in the past but if it is I haven't seen it, but how much preparatory work do you perform prior to the beginning of the commissioned piece? I have read that William Bouguereau could complete a painting in a matter of just eight days, however, those around him observed that he had many, many hours preparing compositional renderings, numerous head studies, hand studies and on and on that allowed him to complete the painting rather quickly. I think it's also interesting to point out that Bouguereau himself talked about the long hours he would work on these pieces without interuption.
I have found that this method has been most helpful to me most recently. Without discussing the procedures involved with the model mine are as follows: 1) development of the composition (pencil study) 2) Head study (pencil) 3) hand study (pencil), if applicable 4) head oil study 5) oil study of the complete composition without detail, only for color/value development.
Do you have a particular method or input concerning preparatory work?
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