Sunday, November 27, 2011

Another Painting in Progress...My Second Rose

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: 





Quick sketch in Yellow Ochre thinned wash


Painted the dark value



Painted the mid value and started the light value




Values completed


Painted a bit more details and blended the values




Still a work in progress




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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