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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

JOY ... Miss P. Is Looking Pretty Darn GOOD!

I thought I'd post these in reverse order, only because I want this photo at the beginning.
Here, I've removed the masking, and finished off the scarf - adding touches of black detail, and softening the whites in the shadow area with some pink/orange mix.
I have also darkened the black of her lips, and started doing some detail work with her facial hair. 

After several washes of the pink/orange mixture, the scarf looks all right.  I've darkened her nose a bit more, and added some of a purply color around her eyes where the skin color shows through the hair.

I painted the scarf with permanent rose and quin. burnt orange, and the "lines" of the shadows in the scarf with indanthrone. I shadowed the tongue with a mix of my favorite "animal" colors.

I needed to put some darks down right away, to see how dark to paint the shadows in her coat.
The tongue is pink and orange, as are the lighter spots around her lips. The black is burnt orange, violet and indanthrone.


And this is the first Miss P. I started ... still needing a bit more work with her hair.

This is it for now. It's teeming rain, so I got a good four hours of solid painting done this morning, and hopefully this afternoon I am able to finish at least one of the Westie portraits. My next projects will be a horse by the name of Voodoo [and he suits the name!] and a friend's dog, called Drake. Looking forward to both of them!

Thank you for dropping by! And have a wonderful and safe holiday!!! 

16 comments:

  1. Looking really good , and the right colors for the season :-)) I know you are not a big Christmas fan, but nevertheless I wish you serene Holidays. xxx

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  2. Both Miss P paintings are looking awesome!

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  3. Wow Kat-- the painting is spectacular!
    love
    tweedles

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  4. Yes she is! I love the red scarf. Brilliant. Very much in the holiday spirit.

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  5. Thank you for sharing fantastic your art this year as well.
    Your works always give me motivations.
    Have a great Christmas and New year.
    xxx Midori

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  6. I'm never too sure how Google+ works ... I left a comment on there but it doesn't show here .. unless it needs approval first, in which case you can delete one of these LOL.
    I love this dog - really made me chuckle this morning.
    Merry Christmas Kathryn

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  7. wow your dogs are fabulous!!! Merry Christmas and all the best for 2015!

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  8. Fun! Have a good holiday with best wishes for the new year Kathryn

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  9. Adorable dog girl! Merry Christmas, Arianna

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  10. Dear Kathryn - Ms P is looking wonderful. I hope friend you have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. So glad for your friendship - Hugs!

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  11. Your art is magnificent my dear...I'm so happy to be following you now..Blessings in the New Year...Bevie

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  12. I must be hitting the wrong key, or something! I left a message. Glad to see Miss P emerging from the canvas - she's a beaut!

    Happy 2015, Kathryn. Look forward to following your art this coming year!

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  13. Beautifully done Kathryn! And I'm absulutely CRAZY about your gorgeous geese header!!

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