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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Another "Process", or what am I doing up at 2:00 in the morning?

    I've been playing with this for the past few days, between work-time and horse-time. Above is the finished painting. It will measure 11 x 5 inches when matted. Below is the process, from sketch to last fussy glazes.

Initial glazes of aureolin on iris, then mask perimeter, and slop on some very wet washes. Photo taken while still wet.
I have intensified the dark in the background a bit with same colors, and on the iris I've added more yellow, and started to shadow it . For that, I used a very dilute purple/blue glaze.
After 2 washes, I remove the masking fluid. The washes are aureolin, burnt orange and indanthrone blue. 
For the stem and bud, I use phthalo green, with burnt gold and burnt orange, and a purple/orange mix for the bud tip.
Just more depth of shadow and hue. I also lift the warmer shadow on the far right petal, and went to grey instead.

4 comments:

  1. That is so beautiful. And it's fascinating to see your process, I love to see process photos. :)

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  2. Lovely job! You did a great job with the yellow palette, I know from experience it's a tough thing to paint. Really enjoyed your in progress photos:)

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  3. Thank you for posting on my blog. I'm glad it brought me to see your website, as well. These are great photoss showing how this beautiful painting developed. I love the way the background intensifies the glow and gives and antiquity. Oh, how I can relate to 2 am painting sessions!!

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  4. Beautiful painting and I love that you show your steps - it was especially interesting to see how you created that beautiful background!

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