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| Not wanting to waste paper, I decided to experiment with something drawn from my imagination. At the cooperative gallery, cards sell well. Christmas is coming [ack!], and I have to get something somewhat seasonal for a card idea. I came up with this - some sheep heading home through the snow. I did a drop-blobs-of-paint very wet wash at the top [using cobalt blue, quin. violet and a bit of quin. burnt orange], and a very thin wash on the left side [cobalt blue and phthalo blue]. |
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| I removed the masking, and did some shadowing and detail work on the sheep. For my liking, the background trees were too dark, and there was no cohesion. |
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| So I lightened the trees, and added a wet-in-wet wash of phthalo blue and quin. violet. I think that has integrated the painting well. All that is left is some more detailing on the sheep and shed. The paper size is 11.5 x 5.5 inches, and it is Arches 140 lb. CP. |
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| This is the second part of the experiment - trying a similar idea on the Fabriano. The paper size is 13 x 7.5 inches. Again, I started with a very wet application for the background, using quin. gold. alizarin crimson, quin. violet and cobalt blue. The left was done as in the previous painting. |
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| The background needed some trees ... Another w/w application of quin. violet, quin. burnt orange and cobalt blue. |
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| To achieve more unity, this received the same treatment along the left side with quin. violet and phthalo blue. So far, both paintings seem to be humming along nicely. Thank you so much for dropping by, and your comments are always welcome! |
