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| Palette - aureolin, new gamboge, quin. burnt siena, alizarin crimson, phthalo green [y.s.] |
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| Sketch traced onto wc. paper |
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| Wet swath of aureolin with bit of new gamboge |
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| Quin. bt. siena w/w |
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| Thin wash of phthalo blue in flower and bud shadow. Greens are mixes of aureolin, phthalo green and quin. bt. orange Not finished |
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| Beautiful Tunis sheep photo, courtesy of Jennifer MacNeil-Taylor Thank you, Jen! |
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| Two sketches I did a few days ago. |
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| Palette - aureolin, quin. coral, cobalt blue for sheep coats - quin. bt. orange, quin. coral and indanthrone blue for darker colors |
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| Wet wash of cobalt blue, leaving only foreground sheep white |
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| Various warm and cool grey mixes to shape the heads |
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| Same mixes to give texture to the fleece For more intense colors and shadows, I used indanthrone blue instead of cobalt blue Finished |
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| LOVE the owl ... too bad I couldn't do a credible start for a painting |
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| I did a rough sketch directly onto wc. paper, and started playing with some neutral beiges and greys |
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| I got to this point, and saw that my niece at the age of five could do a better owl, so I'll try again. So far, I have learned HOW tight a painter I am - good or bad, that's me. I hope to be able to loosen up over the next while, playing with these "exercises". I found, painting the sheep, that I did go into more of an intuitive mode at times. Perhaps that's why it turned out alright. Anyway, there is a lot more painting, exploring and learning to be done. As always, your comments are so very welcome!!! |
