Question on Vermeer

[andymania]

Why did Vermeer do an underpainting in green? What function did it serve?

-Andy

[Flake]

See if this thread explains it.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64674

[dbclemons]

He didn't always use verdaccio. Often it was a red ochre. There's a book by Arthur Wheelock "Vermeer & the Art of Painting" that's an interesting read.

[Art_Addict]

To warm up the flesh strokes he would put down during the form painting.