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Sunday, March 8, 2015

SO FAR ... Works-in-Progress ...

Voodoo is getting some background - permanent rose and quin. burnt orange.

Right now, I am in the process of darkening it. I'm sure I'll have to intensify the shadows on his head as well.

I used this as a reference photo for the class yesterday.

Again, I masked what I wanted white, in this case the few balsam standing at the edge of the pond. I wet  the paper thoroughly, and applied aureolin, alizarin crimson and cobalt blue, then sprayed and let the colors blend on their own. I did a second similar wash, using quin. gold instead of aureolin. Then I covered the sky and water with scrap watercolor paper, and spattered gold, quin. burnt orange, alizarin crimson and cobalt blue, and then sprayed to let them flow together.

Here, I have removed the masking, and am working on the trees, and getting some strategic dark shadows around the focal area.

That's it for now. The sun is shining warmly and invitingly, and Bruno awaits! He is in serious shedding mode - hair flying everywhere.

Thank you so much for dropping by!

9 comments:

  1. You manage to paint so much despite your schedule :) The horse is coming out lovely and I am sure the trees would start to sparkle very soon with you wielding your magic brush!

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  2. Hi Kathryn,
    Voodoo is looking great, and your landscape is coming along beautifully..
    Enjoy the day.
    fondly,
    Penny

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  3. Voodoo is wonderfully painted, can't wait how the background will look like. Paint flying... hair flying.... spring is definitely on its way! :)

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  4. You are such an amazing artist! We love Voodoo's background.

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  5. Beautiful... both are beautiful!
    love
    tweedles

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  6. Voodoo is a handsome horse and you are doing justice to it. Great.

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  7. Voodoo is looking good, Kathryn! A big difference when you darken it.. Love your landscape... a beautiful reference picture.

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  8. You´re an expert on painting your horses :) enjoying them alot! I´m looking forward to the finishing results of both of them.

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  9. All looking very promising Kathryn! Lovely!!

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