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| Starting from the sketch ... I modified it a bit, exaggerating some areas of the trunk to create "faces". |
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| First very wet wash - aureolin, quin. burnt orange and cobalt blue. |
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| The background I painted again, w/w, with the same colors. I thought to do the background in the "softer" colors. and save the staining colors for the trunk. |
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| Here I'm starting to give the background some depth and verisimilitude. |
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| It is so much fun, in a watercolor-y way, wetting a segment and then dropping in some colors , letting them do their thing. |
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| I am still playing with the background. I have also placed the "faces" to get an idea of where and how to create the passages of interest. I've also started painting the moss, again w/w with aureolin, quin. gold, quin. burnt orange and the blue shade of phthalo green. As always, please feel most welcome to leave your comments - LOVE THEM! |
Ok, here is my comment :) Love to see the steps, and the moss looks great!
ReplyDeleteThis one will be magic for sure! I cannot wait to see it all. I love how your water colors "run", that makes it spectacular!
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Kathryn I know you will nail it, looks very good so far...keep it up :-)) Have a nice sunday, here the weather is summery and warm, fantastic beautiful days. xx
ReplyDeleteWhen you added that bright green moss, the whole thing just came alive! Beautiful start :)
ReplyDeleteThat painting looks like it IS so much fun! I am really loving painting more wet into wet too. ANd I really like this subject too. It reminds me of an illustration in a children's book.
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful so far, Kathryn. Love the WIP!
ReplyDeleteLooking great! Love your color choices.
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