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| A photo I took a few years ago. I thought the old tree looming over the open area really did look like it was watching over the spot. |
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| This was a class demo on splattering. I masked the large tree and the bottom snowy area and covered the sky with irregularly-shaped pieces of watercolor paper and tape. Then I splattered with quin. gold, quin. burnt orange, alizarin crimson and cobalt blue. I lightly sprayed to encourage the colors to mingle a bit. When dry, I did a graded wash of cobalt blue all over the painting, then removed the masking. |
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| Thin wash of burnt orange over the large tree, and some thin lines of grey to imply some scrub trees in the distance. |
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| Played with some lines in alizarin, indanthrone and orange to get some bark texture. |
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| Started to shadow the tree ... |
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| ... realized I didn't like the brown color, so glazed over it all with indanthrone. |
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| Deepened the shadows in the bushes here ... |
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| ... and here |
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| Added some softened line of blue-grey for shadows in the snow ... |
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| ... and I am here now. I think the tree needs a bit more work, but overall the painting is a nice example of what can be done with splattering. |
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| I also had requests from some students to demonstrate how to paint eyes. Like all of us [me included], the students want immediate results! I have a feeling the idea of glazing at least four or five times to achieve the result put them off. But the effect one attains is worth it! I wish you all a Happy Easter! Thank you for dropping by!! |
