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| It's looking somewhat ho-hum. |
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| I did an overall wash of phthalo blue, for starters. |
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| Then I painted over that with a irregular wash of indanthrone blue. It still didn't do much for me. |
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| Now, we're getting somewhere - not sure where yet ... I've done a w/w wash of a violet-black mixture, and I am lifting the shadowed leaves a bit. I'm sure I'll have to go back into the large leaves at the bottom for more depth and richness, but so far, I like the look of the deep dark. As always, your comments are most welcome! |
Interesting! In a good way. Can you paint some more pretty soon please? I want to see where this goes :) xx
ReplyDeleteI admire your use of darks! Lifting some paint in that area is very effective and beautiful. Good luck, good luck, good luck!
ReplyDeleteDon't you just hate those "I'm just not sure where" moments? You do have a solid painting there headed towards terrific. When I took my first look at the first photo, I was blown away by your rendering of the Rhode's leaves.
ReplyDeleteyes! - your patience is paying off, and that rich color will harmonize with the flower - o- it's going to be pretty!
ReplyDeleteKathryn stopped by your blog - love your rhododendrum - darks are always so hard for me but your are really lovely - so anxious to see the end result. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI want to see the finished painting in the next post. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing just how much the darks make the light come to life!! It's lovely!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the blue in this one!!
ReplyDelete(i am behind in my checking on you_
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