This was a recent class project. I combined two reference photos - one of a glorious sunset, and another of some nearby farm buildings. |
I started this over three weeks ago, and just can't get motivated to finish it. |
Thoughts and tangential meanderings on horses, painting, and anything else that captures my interest
This was a recent class project. I combined two reference photos - one of a glorious sunset, and another of some nearby farm buildings. |
I started this over three weeks ago, and just can't get motivated to finish it. |
Drawing, bordered with some old mat board to give me an idea of how to format painting. |
First thin w/w wash of quin. sienna. |
More w/w washes, some dry brush with softening. Colours I used are my favourite animal colours - quin. burnt orange, quin. sienna, quin. violet and indanthrone - all Daniel Smith. |
Just gradually building up layers of depth ... |
Collar is a combination of phthalo. and cobalt blue. |
Drawing of Miss Nina, my niece's dog |
Spots on nose and eyes masked. First washes of yellow ochre and quin. burnt orange applied, some wet in wet, some wet on dry. |
Collar painted in mix of phthalo. and cobalt blue. Starting eyes with usual w/w applications of quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone. |
Because she has such a shaggy coat, I decided to not paint her w/w, but rather by applying individual thin strokes of colour. |
Tongue painted with quin. pink, and shaded in pink, quin. burnt orange and indanthrone. Continue to build up her coat with more thin applications of paint. |
... and more applications ... Starting to look like Nina. |
Here she is - finished. |
This is a very cool, 60s -style coffee shop/bakery/restaurant at the base of Mt. Baker. We stopped here for some energy before heading up the mountain. |
The ranger station a bit past the restaurant had this amazingly huge tree trunk, so I asked Savannah to pose in front. |
Lower parking lot [upper one closed till ski season] Most of the cars were Canadian, as it was a long weekend for Canada but not the U.S. |
Christine trekking along ahead of me, heading to one of the small lakes. |
C. and I stopped here for a snack, and to do some sketching. While we were here, I noticed some activity in the steam below. It was some brook trout spawning - fascinating to watch. |
Look hard - you should be able to see three trout. |
Another spot we stopped to sketch. |
Mt Shuksan, next door to Mt Baker. |
Just to prove that I really was hiking here ... |
I was greeted by this Northern Flicker as I got out of my car. |
This is part of the garden. My neighbour graciously offered me to come over any time to photograph her flowers. |
Dahlias galore! |
All shapes, sizes and colours. |
I had never seen one like this. |
Griswold, my model |
Drawing, using grid |
Photocopy made so I could keep track of all the masking and pours of colour |
First mask and pour - maybe a bit heavy-handed with the paint. I used quit. sienna, quin. violet and indanthrone. |
Second mask and pour |
Third mask and pour |