ABSTRACT
STEP 1 BASIC SKETCH I find doing tons of preparatory sketches very
painful. Renoir did not spend a lot of time
doing complicated underdrawings either,
which may have been how he retained such
freshness in his finished paintings. To sketch,
Renoir would often use a fine soft sable
brush and raw Sienna thinned with
turpentine. Before I began my painting
I sketched out my drawing using similar thin
washes of paint. Here’s how:
1. In Painter, create a New Document (File/New) and set the canvas size.