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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! |
