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| Aureolin and quin. burnt orange applied w/w |
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| Then a w/w application of a brown/black mixture, with some lifting while it's still damp |
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| Another wet black application, with some thin orange in the lighter area ... |
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| More lifting, this time getting serious with the Magic Eraser |
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| Start the eyes - it looks so bizarre at this stage! |
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| More on the eyes and nose - using quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone. For the tongue, I am using quin. burnt orange, permanent rose and cobalt blue. |
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| Starting his hair colors, working primarily w/w - mostly a steely grey... |
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| Looking a bit like Drake. I am about 3/4 of the way done. |
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| Reference photo for pose |
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| Using this photo for reference for the shapes and contours of his face |
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| ... and this one for colors. This is what I am working on right now. I have to remember to take breaks, and step WAY back to look at the overall effects. One does get a bit squirrelly working on detailed painting using blacks. I also must decide what to do with the background for the cowboy - something minimalist, maybe in soft grey-greens and yellows. And there is a landscape I started as a demo in class ... and some azalea blossoms dying to be painted ... Thank you for dropping by! |
This is looking great!!! Love love love the bottom and side that fades away, soft edges...you did it!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your process. It's really neat!
ReplyDeleteDrake is coming along beautifully☺
ReplyDeleteHi Kathryn, Iv'e really missed looking in on you and I can see just how busy you've been. Thanks for sharing the method with us, really useful. Love the dog and cowboy.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks also for the steer towards Paul Dmoch, this is going to cause a major change in direction for me - a combination of pen & ink and paint. I mean ...wow! His stuff, floats my boat, rings my bell and races up my flag pole!!!
LOVE the soft edges in the bottom Kathryn. He's really coming along beautifully!! I love to see the process on a painting....and I can't wait to see the cowboy finished....
ReplyDeleteLOVE seeing your journey to an incredibly gorgeous finished piece! Thank you for sharing this your gunkness! He's going to be perfect!
ReplyDeleteThank you too so much for the kind words. I agree, the background helps solidify him on the canvas. and, it is nice to have the desire to work again, really nice. Take good care!
I love the see the process, Kathryn! What a great model!
ReplyDeleteDear Kathryn - it is such a delight to see how you work and the colors you choose. Sounds like my friend you are very busy painting and I hope happy as well. Have a great week. Your boy is looking gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous dog!! And I'm loving those soft, fluffy edges :0)
ReplyDeleteSo how many hours, days... does this require? Impressed again!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful,Kathryn , thank u for sharing. This is going to b amazing. Love to you. Diana
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