My plan was to get serious about the remaining five Mineral King oil paintings, to focus, finish, and move on.
I started with Sawtooth, the 6×6” version that Reader Sharon expressed an interest in.
Look at this succession of color mixing. My goal was a light brown, something that might be called “taupe” by the more sophisticated person and “beige” by a regular person.
Done! (You can tell by the fact that I signed it). The plan was to paint the edges when I finished the painting session so as to not waste the paint left on the palette.
Shape check! Upside down forces me to see things more accurately. (This technique presents a problem when working on a mural.)
Then back to front, layer by layer, color by color.
Suddenly it was time to leave to teach drawing lessons down the hill! No edges were painted, so no paintings were fully completed.
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For mural perspective, you could stand on your head!
For now, I’ll keep the Sawtooth I have, which I love, thank you!
Sharon, thanks for the idea, but I’ll pass! However, I could photograph a mural, flip it upside down on the screen and study it that way. Trouble is, I’d have to remember how to lock things in position on the screen so it didn’t keep flipping back!
Thanks for letting me know about the Sawtooth painting.
Gorgeous, as always! I am giggling now, thinking of you standing on your head in front of a mural!
Michelle, ain’t happenin’!