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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Hmmmm ... Looks Like My Riding Was Better than My Painting Today

Masked the perimeter, then painted graded aureolin wash

Realized I had to mask the entire thing, then started painting very dark green washes [yes, I know it looks black here]

After about 5 dark washes, I removed mask


Roses = aureolin with aureolin + pink + cobalt blue  for shadows
Leaves and stem are mixes of phthalo green + quin. gold + quin. burnt orange 

Bit more playing with the rose petals, and tone down the leaves a bit


I had to paint something today ... ANYTHING! So I did some sketching, and decided to finally get this rose out of my system. [I've been thinking of painting it for weeks] It's small - only 7.5 x 5.5 inches, and I just about went cross-eyed finishing it this evening. I find yellow and black very hard to work with. Any way, here it is. And as ALWAYS, any comments or questions are most welcome.
As for riding, Bruno and I had a very good time today. He is finally getting the concept of "inside leg into outside rein", and he is carrying himself better all the time! :)

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8 comments:

  1. Tweedles -- that's meDecember 27, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    This is very interesting....magic!
    love
    tweedles

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  2. Wendy Mould AFCADecember 27, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    I love your roses, I am jealous, I have been so busy with Christmas there hasn't been time to paint. I was able to grab a bit of time and start of layout for my snowy owls. Keep up the good work, and by the way, what is this "inside leg into outside rein"??

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  3. José Antonio Sánchez RumíDecember 28, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    Thank you for sharing this step by step with us.
    Merry Christmas.
    Greetings .-

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  4. JaneDecember 28, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Love these 'lessons' Kathryn, I should really try to do something using the masking, but ...and I know I am repeating myself.... patience is not my strong side. BUT you inspire me to DO it, so I will ! Lovely rose, so delicate, and yellow roses are just my favorites! xox

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  5. Vinayak DeshmukhDecember 28, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    The roses have come out very beautiful. The dark background adds to the effect I think.
    Best wishes,

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  6. Rustique RestorationDecember 28, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    This is really neat! I love how you tell the colors you use to create it! Neat!

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  7. Dean H.December 29, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Good on ya for tackling yellow and black, since you find them hard to work with! This came out fine!
    I usually find roses are hard to paint because I tend to get "lost" in the petals.

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  8. Cathy HoltomDecember 30, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    The background colour is perfect for the rose, lovely work!
    Best wishes for 2012 :)

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