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| I think you may have seen this drawing earlier. |
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| I wanted to something different with the background, something suggestive of brambles. I used daVinci's indanthrone[which is a not transparent] and some raw umber, splooshed them on wet paper, and then dropped on some plastic wrap, and let it set. It gave a nice random texture to the heavy pigments. |
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| Started to work on the bird's local color. Those are my handy color reference photos beside the painting. |
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| I lifted here and there in the background, trying to follow the pattern set by the plastic wrap. |
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| More thin glazes ... I used my favorite triad - quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone in various combinations to get the browns and blacks. |
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| A bit more glazed shadowing, and I am here now. I think he's done, but I'll let him perch for a few days to see how I feel about the painting as a whole. |
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| Meanwhile, it's been a bit chilly here - frozen ground, heavy frost, and Bruno snuggled in two blankets at night. |
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| Another scene from our walk. We are out every morning. My dog, Maggie, dances at the front door waiting to go, and her friend [my landlady's dog] barks from her spot inside her house where she can keep an eye on me. I don't dare ignore them!!! |
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| There have been a lot of coyotes this winter - very large, healthy-looking specimens. I don't believe they'd go after a fair-sized dog alone, but if they are in a pack, definitely. The one above was trotting down a main road out here at 8 AM. Then he stopped and watched the three of us disappear into the park. I am keeping a close eye on the girls when they are off leash. Thank you very much for dropping by! |
