"It's Alive ..."

I left it here last night.

I was up at 6 AM [???] painting. I painted the rest of the background with the violet/black mixture, then found it looked too dull.

So I went over the top and right with violet and indanthrone, in a scrumbly manner.

STILL too dull, so I painted the same area with phthalo blue w/w.

This is what it looks like properly cropped, in daylight. The other shots are studio light. It's better, but NOT FINISHED. Now I must pump up all the shadows in the petals and leaves. And so it goes ...
I say "it's alive" because it seems to have taken on a life of its own, and is telling me where it wants to go. And I love that line, from the Frankenstein movies. :)  There's the mad scientist yelling "It's alive!" just before all hell breaks loose with his creation.

I think this is the last you saw of Bruno and his farrier.

I've been playing with it a bit, as I wait for the paint to dry, or for inspiration to hit me on the head.


As always, your comments are most welcome! 

The Devil Is in the Details

... and there are certainly a LOT of details here!

I think I've finished my road map - absolutely mandatory with this one.

I left Scott and Bruno here last night ...

I've started adding some color, and doing some dry lifting; a lot more of the same is needed yet.  Linda Roth said she'd never been mooned by a man and a horse at the same time. Trust Linda to come up with a great comment like that! Maybe I could call it "Two Full Moons"?

As always, I love to hear from you!