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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

creep ... creep ...

I think I left the gray here ...

It's just a slow, fussy process of adding depth and detail using wet-in-wet technique.

While darkening the right side edges, I decided to add some drizzles of gray on the left to suggest rain falling.

I am at this point now, carefully putting in shadows and other details  in the head area.  I must admit I like the soft grays.

The babe was done, but lacked ground and depth.

I decided to do a very soft w/w wash around her head. I did not  want to get heavy, using dark shadows. To me, that would lose the freshness and lightness of her youth, innocence and fragility.

As ever, your comments are most welcome. 

13 comments:

  1. Glad you're taking your time with these!!! They're coming along beautifully.

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  2. I think taking your time is absolutely the right way to go. The delicacy in each of these is so beautiful. I love that little babe!

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  3. Your grays are wonderful and babe is so cute!

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  4. Slow and steady wins the race! Lovely WIP pictures :0)

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  5. The gorgeous light you've captured in the greys in the top portrait just glows - take your time, it's working beautifully! The babe is a giraffe baby? You aren't going to add in any dark spots? Or maybe some babies don't start out with those patches of darks? I'll have to catch up with previous posts to see how you began and what you planned for this one. Keep working, keep sharing - loving to see how you slowly build and work and don't rush and overwork it :)

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  6. The grays are looking very good. Babe looks like a babe and the background will fall into place. Slow and steady does indeed win the race.

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  7. both are beautiful. love to you,Diana

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  8. I continue to watch your progression with delight!

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  9. Love the title of this blog post - it made me smile right away! Those grays are so soft and lovely - its coming along nicely. And you certainly have painted the image of youthful innocence in the lovely filly.

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  10. So very beautiful
    Happy Valentines Day
    love
    tweedles

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  11. So sorry I mistook your filly for a giraffe baby! Maybe it was that just the long neck was showing and the short mane? No excuse, I know :(

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