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The Mysterious Woo
October 22, 2024
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The Mysterious Woo, 7 inches by 9.75 inches, pastel on paper. Click image for a larger view.
What I love about painting black is the range of colors of reflections in it. So often they are the iridescent - purple, peacock green or teal and even crimson. It’s fascinating to…
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Paint it black
October 21, 2024
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Painting black animals and birds never fails to entertain because of the range of colors you can see in the reflections. I’m working on a black cat this week (Halloween inspired) and these older paintings came to mind. Seeing the iridescent shades make black so exciting. All of these are…
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The Lovely Heff - Portrait Study
October 15, 2024
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The Lovely Heff, 9 inches by 12 inches, pastel on paper (click to see a larger image)
This is a pastel portrait study, which I did after Monday’s drawing of this model. I was happy enough with my graphite drawing - the face looked believable, but it didn’t quite look…
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