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| For the goslings, I am using aureolin, with a brown mix of quin. burnt orange, quin. red and indanthrone blue. The geese are painted with mixes of ultramarine blue and quin. burnt orange. The feet are quin. siena. |
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| Just deepening the colors here. |
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| I have placed the cast shadow, and a grey ground behind them [quin. burnt orange and ultramarine blue]. |
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| A loose wash of aureolin and burnt orange to give the impression of tall grass ... |
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| I have darkened the adult geese. It looks like the grass needs some darkening and detailing here an there, and the goslings will get more dark in the brown areas. As I do not want to use masking, I have done the painting as a vignette. I was given some advice about masking alternatives [thank you, Peter] and will be trying Daniel Smith watercolor ground in the future. |
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| I was given this photo recently by my farrier. It's his border collie, Sadie. It is not a good photo for painting reference, but I think if I approach the project without my usual perfectionistic bent, and just play with it, it might make a cute painting. Scott is a genuine "good guy", and always there to replace and repair my horse's shoeing. As always, your comments are most welcome! |
