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Saturday, March 24, 2012

This Painting Is a BLAST!

Starting from the sketch ...
I modified it a bit, exaggerating some areas of the trunk to create "faces".

First very wet wash - aureolin, quin. burnt orange and cobalt blue.

The background I painted again, w/w, with the same colors. I thought to do the background  in the "softer" colors. and save the staining colors for the trunk.

Here I'm starting to give the background some depth and  verisimilitude.

It is so much fun, in a watercolor-y way,  wetting a segment and then dropping in some colors , letting them do their thing.

I am still playing with the background. I have also placed the "faces" to get an idea of where and how to create the passages of interest. I've also started painting the moss, again w/w with aureolin, quin. gold, quin. burnt orange and the blue shade of phthalo green.
As always, please feel most welcome to leave your comments - LOVE THEM!

7 comments:

  1. Ok, here is my comment :) Love to see the steps, and the moss looks great!

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  2. This one will be magic for sure! I cannot wait to see it all. I love how your water colors "run", that makes it spectacular!
    love
    tweedles

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  3. Kathryn I know you will nail it, looks very good so far...keep it up :-)) Have a nice sunday, here the weather is summery and warm, fantastic beautiful days. xx

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  4. When you added that bright green moss, the whole thing just came alive! Beautiful start :)

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  5. That painting looks like it IS so much fun! I am really loving painting more wet into wet too. ANd I really like this subject too. It reminds me of an illustration in a children's book.

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  6. Looks wonderful so far, Kathryn. Love the WIP!

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  7. Looking great! Love your color choices.

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