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| Sketch, with scribblings |
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| Masking on; 1st glazes - quin. gold, warm & cool pinks, cobalt blue |
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| Softened pinks with 3 thin glazes warm grey Foreground darks floated in, to better estimate values throughout |
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| Some detail started |
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| Trying different techniques for street Photo in background |
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| Large color masses placed Playing with building texture [love doing that] |
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| More building detail Started leaves |
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| I am here Lightened road surfaces, and worked on leaves till I was cross-eyed |
I was, as I said, swept away by a photo my aunt took, when she and my mother were in Greece. It's an amazing, vibrant picture of a side street in the Turkish quarter of Athens. I LOVE painting old buildings, so, the same day I found the photo, I got a sketch going. I couldn't wait; the photo itself looked like a painting. Well, I've been at it for three days, and my initial fervor has dimmed a bit. The detail of the leaves was getting to me. So I'll put it aside for a few days, and look at it critically then. Any comments or ideas???
