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| My nemesis - the dreaded magnolia |
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| First attempt |
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| Further on with the background - it was at this point I realized it wouldn't work. |
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| Second attempt - I just flipped the paper over, and re-traced the image. I masked first, then started applying quin. pink, quin. burnt orange and indanthrone in a wet-in-wet manner. |
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| Many wet ones later ... |
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| Glazed stem and buds in pink, then started to paint with truer versions of their local color. The stem was a mix of indanthrone, pink and orange. |
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| The buds were done with lighter and a darker mixes of indanthrone and quin. gold. Quin. pink was used in the petal accents. And the shadows were a combination of pink, orange and indanthrone. The paper was not very obliging as far as accepting color went; between soaking twice, using the "wrong" side and applying masking fluid, the surface was quite roughened up. |
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| Last Saturday, the class asked to have some tree demos. I like the opportunity to be able to paint faster and looser, but I'm not sure I could finish an decent, completed painting in this way. |
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| More of the class demo's - again I really like that tree on the left, but wonder if and how I could integrate it into a finished painting. That's it for this week. I hope to get started on another seascape. I would like to give a painting to my sister's old boyfriend in thanks for finding me a very lovely car at an excellent price. [My Honda was written off in an accident last October.] Gary's dad worked on a seiner for years, and I know he would love a painting of the ship, which still heads out from Steveston to fish. Thank you all very much for dropping by! |
