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| Beautiful, but difficult, photo of a neighbor's hydrangea as reference. |
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| My first timid glazes of some of the flowers' shadows. |
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| The start of a background was in order. I decided to keep it warm, to accent some of the cooler flower colors in the lower right focal area. |
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| Here, I've started a road map of the leaves, with some of the sunlight filtering through, giving, I hope, some interest there. |
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| More glazes on the leaves and simultaneously the background. That's the difficult part. I would like to integrate the leave and their shadows into the background to give the painting more of a natural look. This one is going to take a while! And I find myself almost having to force myself to paint - not that I don't like it, just that it is a different style for me. As always, your comments are most welcome! |
