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| This was #2. There was too much of the quin. gold - didn't like the overall effect. ONWARD ... |
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| Start of #3. I used quin. burnt orange instead of the gold. I also used my usual animal palette of quin. violet and indanthrone blue, with some permanent rose and cobalt blue for the tongue. |
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| Started to get some of his local color on. |
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| More black ... |
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| ... and still more black ... |
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| I masked out the logo in the background, and did several w/w washes with orange, violet and dark blue. |
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| Mask was removed, and the logo is there just enough to be noticed but not to overwhelm. |
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| I visited the friend who commissioned the work, and she loved his expression but said he needed more black, so more black it is. I think it's almost there, just a bit of tweaking and probably one more overall w/w application of black. I considered using a dry brush technique, but was afraid that it would give a scratchy look, so all has been done wet-in-wet. |
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| I was coming home from teaching last week, and thankfully had my camera. The girls were out in the field, so I stopped to take some photos. She looks like the epitome of the contented cow here. |
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| Some goslings |
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| Another view Apologies for being away for a long time. I've been painting, but nothing I really like, and I'm trying to get more sketching done, too. And of course, there's Bruno. We've been doing more trail riding [something he is not accustomed to doing] so I am taking my time. His idea of rebelling is to stop dead and turn to stone, so I have been basically just waiting him out. From the saddle I tell him, "Bruno, I have ALLLL day, but you will miss lunch and snacks and dinner ... " It seems to work :) He LOVES his food! So other than the balking and a minor spook or two, we are doing well. Thank you so much for dropping by! |
