 |
| I liked the sketches, and had good plans ... |
 |
| ... somewhere along the line, I lost it. Started off with some brown madder. |
 |
| Darkened the madder with some burnt orange and indanthrone. |
 |
| Branch was painted with quin. sienna and alizarin crimson. |
 |
| Then I made the mistake of sponging on cobalt blue and burnt orange. It might be salvageable ... |
 |
| Bird #2. Again started with brown madder. It's a lovely soft pinkish-brown. |
 |
| Browns and greys made with brown madder, indanthrone and burnt orange. For the blacks I used quin. violet rather than the less intense madder. |
 |
| A bit of burnt orange to brighten him up. |
 |
| And another so-so background. ARRRGGHHHHH!!!!! |
 |
| I like the chickadee, but I'm hoping I think of something spectacular to improve the background. |
 |
| There's still Bird #3 ... |
 |
| In class last Saturday, students wanted to work on a simple landscape. So I started this one [again - it works well as a teaching demo]. |
 |
| I couldn't resist taking a photo of this adorable face. I was on dog-walking duty for one of my neighbors last week. I think she has two or three bull terriers, all rescues. Bruno is "ride-able" again, in a very limited way. I can only walk him for 20 minutes at most, with no tight circles, nothing fancy, just big and easy movement. But it is SOOO GOOD to be back in the saddle, and he likes the work and attention, too! Thank you for dropping by! |
