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| I believe I left our friend here ... |
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| I did some thin washes of bright colors for an underpainting - alizarin crimson, aureolin and quin. burnt orange. |
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| Then I started glazing and glazing and glazing, sometimes with the original colors, sometimes with a dark brown. I did the same with the body - layers of different hues of green. |
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| I have finally reached the stage where he has the appearance of being backlit by a soft light. I still can hear the instructor, in one of the two sets of watercolor classes I took, saying "darker ... darker", every time she commented on my painting. I have a tendency to be tentative until prodded. |
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| And I am still playing around with the geese, trying to bring a stronger focus to the goose with his wings out. I've gone over the entire background - geese and all - with a red-orange wash, and the other two geese in the daylight got a thin wash of cobalt blue. I may yet bring out some more intense shadows on the #1 goose, and do more with the ground. Thank you for dropping by, and, as always, your comments are welcome. |
We cannot imagine either of your paintings to be any more beautiful!
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Love your idea of painting a snail! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteFabulous, the snail and the geese!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'd be so reluctant to do anymore to those wonderful geese!!! They are fabulous and still fresh - careful not to lose it! I read a quote once and I can't remember who said it, but it said that once your brushstrokes stop making a difference for better or for worse, that's the moment a painting is finished. I really love them - so alive!! And that snail is looking great too! :0)
ReplyDeleteLove them both Kathryn!...The geese painting looks amazing! The intense shadows on the goose with the wings out would absolutely finish this piece.!
ReplyDeleteThe snail's great. I think you hit dark enough. The geese painting is wonderful. I like your suggestion of more geese in the--geese house? The streaks of cadmium liven up the interior.
ReplyDeleteThe snail process is beautiful. As I scrolled down I could see the snail emerging out of nowhere!
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are masterful!! Interesting too.
ReplyDeleteAs noted above, both paintings are beautiful, Kathryn!
ReplyDeleteDarker is very often the way to go to make a work outstanding! There can be no light without the dark for contrast.
Hi Kathryn,
ReplyDeleteI lovw the snail.So cute.
and your geese are getting better and better.
I can learn a lot from your blog.
Btw,I'm back to my blog.hahaha.
The snail looks perfectly back lit. There is a lot going on there in that small body of his. I think thats brilliant. And I think as you said if you make the shadows of the first goose a little stronger at a few places and tie him to the ground with something dark he will stand out.
ReplyDeleteOh I loooooove your snail painting!! The soft back light you describe is so realistic, and all the details on him. I really truly love it, this is very fine work my friend. Makes me think of that new Disney movie coming out 'Turbo' my kids are dying to see it.:)
ReplyDeleteAnd your geese look beautiful too. I love how you made the ones in the rear look further back with those subtle cool glazes. Nice. :)
Much as I'm not keen on snails - that one is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteDon't go too far with the geese, its looking so good as is, I'd hate to see a Bruno the Eighth happening here.. :) x
Fabulous work! Both are gorgeous!
ReplyDeletevery beautiful snail! thanks for the w i p! and i love the geese too :)
ReplyDeleteLove the snail and think he looks magnificent with the simple soft background!
ReplyDeletelove snails tail katharyn !
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