The Process Behind 'The Insidious Whisper': Part 3
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THE PROCESS BEHIND ‘THE INSIDIOUS WHISPER’
Part 3 by David Denton
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THE PAINTING PROCESS‘The Insidious Whisper’ was painted using acrylic
paints. I started by blocking in the main areas of the painting and then looked for potential problems.
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And I found a huge problem: the way that I had planned to paint the face was too pale and not strong enough. The painting felt
unbalanced.
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So I scanned the painting into Photoshop and tried out different things. Also, I looked at my initial lists of words to give me ideas. This mask was better but was lacking something that would lead
the viewer’s eye around the painting.
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I liked this idea which featured skyscraper-like
structures, so I worked on a more detailed drawing.
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The only problem was that this new head unbalanced the painting in the other direction. So, I removed the wall, extended the painting by 3cm to the right and added in some tentacles to
rectify the problem.
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The scariest part of the painting was adding the final layers of fog using thin washes of white paint. I used masking fluid to cover the foreground and then applied a thin wash to the
whole painting.
Masked areas
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I repeated this by masking out more of the foreground and applying another very dilute wash.
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And so on...
This process had to be done quickly so that the masking fluid didn’t affect the painting underneath.
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To watch the painting process in full you can view my time lapse video that also includes a commentary at:
www.daviddentonart.com
https://youtu.be/7ueHxYfsHAo