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Category Archives: Other people’s work
Red Lips, Red Hair, Red Dress
The face is much improved thanks to a solid day of focused work, although the ear still needs to be fixed up. I spent a lot of time around the mouth and eye, re-shaping the contours of the shadows to … Continue reading
Show Announcement
I mentioned the show that’s opening in late August in a previous post. Here’s the nicely designed CLU Gallery website with more information on the event, including a sneak preview of some of the paintings you’ll be able to see. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Exhibits, Novorealist, Openings, Other people's work
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Red on Red
  This sounds crazy, but I’ve spent a long time painting the red dress red again with the Red Ochre, deepening the colour and adding and blending some blues into the shadows. I added a little Raw Umber into the Ochre and used … Continue reading
Lady in Red
It was a dramatic day of change for the Queen painting in the studio today as I added Red Ochre to the dress. I left the grey version of the dress alone to dry for a couple of days to … Continue reading
Wrapping up the Greyscale Drapery
Because I didn’t like the balance of the composition as it stood I’ve added more fabric to the left side of the dress, making it extend under the Queen’s hand and off the edge of the panel, creating a more … Continue reading
Fabrication
Now there’s colour in the window the composition is starting to make sense, with the figure framed within the blue sky. I like the depth that’s beginning to emerge, but of course the sky and sea will need glazing to … Continue reading
The Wall and the Queen’s Dress
Painting the clothing in grey is satisfying, although I’m not satisfied with the skirt, which looks too tight and uncomfortable in my drawing. I borrowed some fabric from the theatre next to my studio and will get my daughter to … Continue reading
Complete Star
The legs bothered me because they were too dark and roughly painted, so I worked on an additional layer of Ceramic White and a flesh mix of Cadmium Orange and Viridian with Foundation White to raise the value a little, … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Novorealist, Other people's work, The Star
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Dressing the Queen of Cups
I’ve taken a morning figuring out the values of the face and neck, using a Foundation White as a local wet white ground, then White and a flesh mixture of Cadmium Orange and Viridian to generate the darker areas. Although … Continue reading
Green Man
The Green Man is finished following a morning of detailing ivy and adding Pre-Raphaelite Rosetti’s purple to the shadows and hair. I added some highlights to the veins of the ivy leaves, then lightened up the shadows of the ivy on the shirt with … Continue reading
Posted in Green men, Making work, Pre-raphaelite
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