You may have watched the video on the welcome page showing the process of painting in Schmid's "Selective Start" method. Selective Start is one of my favorite ways to begin a work, but only when I'm feeling especially confident about drawing and identifying values. It is certainly not the only way to start a work. Here are a couple others: I usually start with a full value underpainting when I consider the drawing to be complicated and want to reassure myself that the finished work will be drawn accurately. I use a mix of transparent oxide red and ultra marine blue and [...]
NOTE: I published this blog on my old site in 2013. This story is such a part of my beginnings as a fine artist I couldn't leave the blog behind when switching over to my new website. Sorry though to have to leave behind all the touching comments I received. I FIRST HEARD THE NAME, “Richard Schmid”, from Jerry Salinas in March of 2012 at The Scottsdale Artist’s School. Jerry was trying to comfort me as I shook in my boots in my first attempt to paint with oil. I had applied for a scholarship to SAS, where Jerry teaches, and was [...]
