I'm glad I took a short break from painting. I was having a problem getting inspired. My quick sketches and drawings kept me in practice (e.g. learning to look). I was able to get some rest over this long weekend. After I dropped my brother off at the airport, I came home to paint. I thought I was going to paint one of my sketches, but decided at the last minute to paint another rose from one of my photographs.
So, here is my work in progress:
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| Painted a rough sketch using a thinned yellow ochre wash |
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| Painted the dark value |
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| Painted the mid value |
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| Painted the light value |
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| Painted the details and blended the values |
I have to laugh at myself. At one point during my painting session, I had three brushes and my palette in my left hand. I ended up getting paint everywhere. You can see on my canvas paper some mistakes where my brush and my hand got in the way. Here's the result after 1-1/2 hours of painting:
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| Second Rose...a work in progress |
2 comments:
This is so lovely! Congrats on this work!
Helene...thank you! :-)
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