The finished "Hay Maze" Piglet Art I truly love how this piece came out. I've been amazed at the pure color and beautiful brushwork of Angela Moulton's paintings. Every time I see her latest collection on YouTube, I am awestruck at how pure the background color is. So I wanted to try my hand at upping background color value in my work. Below is how I started: Hay Maze Start Here, I establish the main layout and gesture of this piglet's face. I'm striving for something that looks painterly, yet would bring a smile to the face of the viewer, so this stage is important. Also, color values on the pig are being set. Hay Maze about halfway This is where I put that rich background color in. Notice some neutral colors in with the bright. I wouldn't want all bright green here as it would be like all caps when texting. I'll re-post the final Hay Maze below: Lots of changes from the halfway point, I added shadows in the h
Small paintings of birds, animals and landscapes.
This is absolutely wonderful. I love how you not only abstracted the chicken, but the background as well. Get those decorations down soon. Then you have to work on your 2013 records for the tax man. Ha!
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol. If my house wasn't on the small side and the need for our space back, the decorations would stay up another month. I love Christmas lights!
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