Pressure Scale 1st Phase

[AWaichulis (Anthony Waichulis)]

Thanks for sharing here Dan! Please keep us posted as you go!

Here are a few good threads on the painted pressure scale:

Pressure Scales

Progress so far on black and white pressure scales, one layer of paint on these so far. Today was tough; I felt as if I’d never painted before. Still having some problems with coverage, though things were made easier in some ways by omitting medium on today’s batch. But it’s difficult dealing with transparency - though I’d forgotten what I’d learnt on the red ones above, namely stippling as a way of handling that. I’m kind of trying different things out on each gradation, i.e. brushes and modes …

The Pressure Scale by Dan Christian

Here is a video of the Painted Pressure Scale by artist Dan Christian. Dan establishes the majority of the gradation with short strokes via a bristle filbert, knocks down thick, distracting strokes with a series of very short (near stipple-like) strokes via a synth flat, and performs a quick “finishing” pass with a very soft blender. @stuart129172 I am tagging you in this as I hope you will find it helpful with your careful analysis of the many variables of the scale exercises!